‘Is it enough?’ MPs interrogate RCMP top boss on efforts to hire 1,000 personnel

RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme told MPs that his mandate is to hire 750 new police officers over three years, as well as 250 public servants to support federal policing. This includes a hiring target of 350 for the first year, he said.
RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme detailed the police force's efforts to reach Prime Minister Mark Carney's pledge to hire 1,000 new personnel, though only 750 will be police officers.

A year after the Carney Liberals pledged to spend more than $1-billion to hire 1,000 new personnel to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, its leader is offering a more detailed account of hiring efforts, despite persistently low recruitment rates detailed by the auditor gener...

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