When I served in the US Army Military Police from 1968 to 1970 it was alright to respond to almost anything as a single unit. Usually two or more MP units were assigned to any incident. If you were the first unit to arrive at the Enlisted Men's Club (the EMC) and there was a major brawl going on you could, if you felt brave enough, wade in and start trying to restore order if you so chose. If you assignment was a silent alarm at the post branch of the local bank, feel free to tackle it on your own, backup was probably not far behind. BUT!!!! Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES was it permissible to enter a location where a domestic disturbance was under way until at least two units were on scene! Yes, domestic disturbances are a very high risk because although the (un)happily married couple would love to tear each other limb from limb they will invariably team up against any outside force trying to keep them from their goal. It's a shame that like many other departments the RCMP is so thin spread that they have only four men to patrol a community of 1,118 people.