The RCMP withdrew its services respecting their duties as
a Provincial Police Force on March 1, 1917 and the Alberta
Provincial Police were formed. "D" Division of the A. P. R
was located in the basement of the Provincial Court House
in Lethbridge. The Division consisted of Insp. R. D. C. Munsly,
two sergeants, two corporals, twenty-eight constables and two
detectives, eight of these men were stationed in Lethbridge.
Bootlegging was a prime concern of the Force at this time, with
liquor being transported into Alberta from Montana. When Insp.
E. Bavin took over command in 1921 he purchased seven
bloodhounds which were stationed at Coalhurst under Constable
McWilliams.