With a B.C. committee recommending a provincial police force and Ottawa reviewing the role of RCMP, a question now hangs over the agency on its 150th anniversary: Is this the time? Will the RCMP face real change? Find out more.
The RCMP’s top leadership says it can change and is already doing so — and, critically, that they have a plan to boost recruiting and fill vacancies.
But they say one of the force’s strengths is the model that provides policing at the federal, provincial and municipal levels. The model is the envy of many other countries, they said. “I am a firm believer that demonstrating results on this will start rebuilding trust with the community,” said Duheme., which provides competitive salaries with other police forces, is a boost to recruitment.
The RCMP is also working on reducing recruit waiting times, which have been twice as long as for municipal forces, and has beefed up their experienced-officer program. For example, experienced officers can now join the RCMP to staff specialty sections such as financial crime and homicide, while retaining seniority benefits from their previous posting and potentially their rank.
The B.C. government has also pointed out there is a 200-officer gap between the number of new RCMP officers being trained and those leaving the force this year and next.Green MLA Adam Olsen sat on the province’s all-party legislative committee that recommended creating a provincial police force in place of the RCMP.
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