The RCMP is on the cusp of a major shift in how it recruits officers into federal policing — a move that would allow some Mounties to skip the training depot in Regina and the usual tour of duty in frontline policing.
“We’re really modernizing our approach to say we’re not doing one-size-fits-all,” Deputy Commissioner Mark Flynn, the head of federal policing, told CBC News.
“It’s a recognition that not everybody wants to do frontline policing prior to coming into this very challenging and rewarding work that we have in the federal policing program.”
The RCMP sent out an internal note recently alerting members to
