The federal police force is short of its targeted number of officers by nearly 10 percent despite multiple measures intended to increase recruitment and retention, according to a report.
In a report recently submitted to the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance and obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, the RCMP said that it has around 18,480 members—which is more than 500 short of its target of 19,000 members.
The RCMP added in the report that 1,295 out of the total 18,483 funded regular member positions in the RCMP are currently vacant.
The federal police member shortage and hiring shortfall come despite the RCMP now accepting immigrants as volunteers, said the report submitted to the Senate committee….