Bureaucrats in Uniform: The Politicization and Decline of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Los problemas de la Royal Canadian Mounted Police, la Federal de Canadá:

Among the most serious reasons advanced for the current problems in the Force is that it has become politicized in the sense that it responds directly to political instructions. This is especially serious because the RCMP is above all a “guardian” institution, like the Canadian Forces and the courts of law. Once the police take political direction, the rule of law is subverted. And the rule of law, it hardly needs be mentioned, is a pillar, perhaps the very foundation, of constitutional democracy.

Sounds familiar?