RCMP Steps Up Recruiting Efforts

The RCMP needs nearly 2,000 new cadets this year and in each of the next few years to meet anticipated demands for services. The force is expanding, and also facing the loss of about 600 officers a year over the next three years as the baby boom generation retires. With the expectation that the force will fall about 300 short of their requirements this year, they've started an $800,000 advertising blitz to get the word out to the 18-34 age group that they're hiring. New recruits are getting older too. Canadian Press reports that a third of the recruits who joined last year were over 30, and a few dozen were even in their 40s.

The basic requirements to join the rcmp are to be a Canadian citizen, be of good character, have a high school diploma and a Canadian driver's licence, be proficient in English or French and be at least 18 years old when you apply. Of course after that you also have to pass medical, physical, psychological, aptitude and security tests, and get through 24 weeks of intensive academic and physical training.

The RCMP is a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. Its Contract Policing Services give it jurisdiction over eight provinces, three territories, more than 190 municipalities, 184 Aboriginal communities and three international airports. The RCMP’s scope of operations includes combating terrorism, organized crime, trade in illicit drugs, and economic crimes like counterfeiting and credit card fraud. The RCMP also protects VIPs, including the Prime Minister and foreign dignitaries, and provides the law enforcement community with a wide range of computer-based security services.

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