There are more than 1,500 vacancies in the RCMP in B.C. because of hundreds of unfilled positions and officers on leave, Postmedia has learned.
That is a vacancy rate of 20 per cent for the RCMP’s authorized strength of about 7,100 in British Columbia.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“We have not fallen below the standard of adequate and effective policing, but what it does do is put pressures on those officers that are carrying extra workload,” McDonald told Postmedia.Article content And it will drive up overtime budgets and affect services such as community policing offices, which provide information on crime prevention and safety in neighbourhoods, and are not part of the RCMP’s core services, he said.
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