That is why the provincial police intend to hold them on a lesser charge.

He'd also been made aware of the provincial police.

Volunteers within their own community, appointed under provincial police acts.

The injured were taken to several hospitals on both sides of the border, the provincial police said.

"Oh, I don't think the provincial police have any jurisdiction here."

We resorted to the only remaining source of protection: the provincial police.

Our mission was deceptively simple: to build the provincial police so they could provide security and the rule of law.

The operation here was the first time in Quebec's history that an entire local police department had been taken over by the provincial police.

He said oversight boards for provincial police were common in Canada, however.

Until recently this housed the headquarters of the provincial police, but it is now being turned into a museum.