Northwest B.C. RCMP struggle to cope with vacancies
Filling vacancies is becoming increasingly difficult for the RCMP amid staff shortages across northwest B.C.
But filling those vacancies is becoming increasingly difficult because the RCMP is not immune from the lack of new bodies afflicting any number of public sector and private enterprises across the country.“Now they’re even cancelling troops,” he said of the formations of recruits who pass through the force’s training depot in Regina. “We used to get 10 to 15 people from a troop. Now we’re lucky to get two or three.
“You need the right people for that job to work in small and Indigenous communities. You need self-motivated people. A skill set. A special person who fits that.”The Dease Lake/Telegraph Creek detachment should have six officers but with one officer on parental leave and one position vacant, it had just four members as of the fall.
The detachment is also a good example of where the police force provides housing in more rural and remote locations. Detachment commander Staff Sgt. Terry Gillespie, in briefing Terrace council, noted that detachments are routinely being run with an officer vacancy rate of 20 per cent.
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