RCMP SHORTAGES UPDATE

PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER McLELLAN
ON THE SHORTAGE OF 1,059 RCMP OFFICERS

MINISTER McLELLAN ON NOVEMBER 14, 2005 - "Currently, there are no unfulfilled requests for RCMP officers."
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/breitkreuzgpress/2005_nov17b.htm

MINISTER McLELLAN ON NOVEMBER 16, 2005: "I've received a formal written request from the Minister of Justice in Manitoba for an increase in complement..." AND "...my colleague, Harvey Cenaiko, the Solicitor General in the Province of Alberta, after the Mayerthorpe tragedy, asked for a significant increase in complement."
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/2005_new/31.htm

MINISTER McLELLAN ON NOVEMBER 17, 2005: "I asked my office whether I had any outstanding formal requests from provinces for additional contract positions, and it is my understanding that I do not."
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/inthehouse/Questions/05_nov17.htm

MINISTER McLELLAN ON NOVEMBER 18, 2005: "There are no outstanding requests."
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/2005/677.htm

NOVEMBER 18, 2005 - VANCOUVER SUN: Crime rising faster than number of officers, study shows
"Since 1962, the "clearance rate" -- the percentage of cases solved by police -- has dropped from 90 per cent to 70 per cent for homicides and from 25 per cent to eight per cent for break-and-enters, according to the study. That means someone who breaks into a house in B.C. has less than a one in 12 chance of being caught."

"According to the study, which was paid for by the RCMP, the number of police officers in B.C. has kept pace with population growth over the past 40 years. But during that same period, the number of reported crimes has increased seven-fold -- due in large part to a dramatic increase in property crime. That means the average officer today has to handle more than twice as many crimes as his or her counterpart in the 1960s".
FULL ARTICLE AVAILABLE HERE:
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/2005/678.htm