Protecting the rails Traditional Cache

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Cache Effect: I have received no response from the cache owner, so I must regretfully archive this. If it turns up or is replaced in the future, email me and I will review it for unarchival.
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Hidden : 7/7/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Quick drive up cache. Container is a Bison tube. An unactivated TB for FTF. Please put the cache back where you found it. But please no suspicious activity ;)

History

The Canadian Pacific Police is one of the oldest Police Services in Canada. CP Railway Police have a long and storied past within Canada and CP Rail is a part of Canada's history. Railway Police were called upon many times to police railway towns, and to keep the peace during the building of the Canadian Railways from Coast to Coast. The railway police history dates many years and continues the tradition of protecting Canada's vast section of railway, critical infrastructure.

In recent years they have been downsized and now number under 100 officers across Canada. CP Police are also deployed throughout the CP Rail System in the USA.

Mandate

Canadian Pacific Police Service are responsible for all aspects of railway security. They are duly appointed and armed police officers that gather their authority in Canada via the Railway Safety Act.

The Railway Safety Act is a federal act that allows for any Federal Railway to appoint officers as Police Constables. These railway police constables have all the powers of a regular police officer as it relates to the protection of property owned, possessed or administered by a railway company and the protection of persons and property on that property. Railway Police are unique in Canada as they are essentially a private company that employs sworn Police Officers.

The main duties of a railway police officer are to protect the public using the company facilities, the employees and its assets. This includes public education on trespassing, school awareness programs, investigating crimes against the railway, assist the local police services, issuing tickets and many other duties including security of property and buildings. CP Rail assigns individual officers large sections of railway tracks to patrol and conduct active enforcement and public safety initiatives. Source (visit link)

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