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Hi Guys   FYI, according to the RCMP Depot Division website it normally handles an average of 1020 recruits per year so 1600 per year is really ramping things up! Ciao!

Thanks Blackhorse!     Given the number of members at or near retirement age I don't think 1600/year leaves much margin for comfort.  I read somewhere that most organizations figure on a 3 or 4% loss rate; resignations, retirements, etc.  The "boomer generation" retiring is gonna have some...

Is the major problem getting enough people interested or lack of budget for training, full staffing, etc?  If the issue is largely about funding I'd imagine there could be a pretty good case to be made for an increase, however if the problem is actually getting people in the door that could be a...

I'd imagine the management would want some pretty serious power to assign armed officers whereever they're needed to assure coverage.  Certainly you wouldn't want a border crossing in the boonies without any armed officers and another one with all of the officers with sidearms. 

Blackhorse7   No problem!  There's a piece in the latest MacLean's highlighting exactly the point you make.  Apparently there's a shortage of about 400 in the Municipal/Provincial Policing end and bodies are being pulled out of the Federal Policing end to compensate.  Forgive me if I get the...

I'd imagine that an officer, whether armed or unarmed, would be in serious trouble if the guy in the car had the gun ready to fire when he got to the booth.  I was thinking more along the lines of the incident in B.C. where the officers had prior warning that armed felons were approaching and...

Tomahawk   I think you have the right idea; there are some situations which call for an armed officer and some that don't.  I don't see major issues in creating an armed section of BSO officers to support unarmed members. 

I believe the Israeli Merkava has some capability to carry a few at the back, although I'm not sure of the number.

Why does the London Metropolitan Police choose not to arm all of their constables?  Just curious!

It strikes me that while the idea of arming BSOs is may be a good idea, in theory, there are considerable issues to be addressed before it could be done.   

3rd Herd     They tend to be self-culling.  The positions are only for a one year term and some of that is typically spent bickering among themselves :argument:     Positions on the Student Union Executive are actually kinda useful; they can't really do much harm and the entertainment value...

Piper   FWIW your local Communist candidate scored about 90 votes in Guelph. a city of 100,000 plus.  Sort of a seething hotbed of radical lefties ;D  Apparently the plan is to return to being a "student leader" at  Unigoo and be laughed at by a more sympathetic crowd  >:D

You,ve gotta love the way the Dept of Finance uses GDP as a means of comparison between nations and "Polaris" Staples pooh poohs that measure as being invalid   ;D

Hmmm...   It appears the Libs lost a considerable number of their Cabinet as well.  That, combined with the need to select a new leader, might keep them tied up for a good period of time.  I think there's also some hope that Harper and crew will govern moderately enough that the Liberal scare...

No doubt it'll be the same old bunch of yahoos.  The issue of abandoning Iraqi women to the tender mercies of the taliban isn't something they see as a concern.  

Hi Guys   Does anyone know if the NORAD facilities in North Bay, Ontario are being reduced in size/restructured?  An acquaintance, originally from there, heard that it was, however she hasn't seen anything official. Thanks!

Hi Guys   I heard a couple of members of the CBSA union leadership giving evidence before the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veteran's Affairs and it appeared the thinking is that Border Agents are defacto police officers.  I wonder if the claim they should have sidearms is an...

I believe Harper indicated that spending in certain areas would be allowed to increase.  Defence was one of the areas mentionned, however I've become a bit cynical; it always seems new governments find "things we didn't expect" when they take office and get a look at the books.  The Tories have...

Remember during a recent election campaign when the Liberals showed an aircraft carrier and claimed that it was the sort of ship the Tories were pushing for?  There was next to nothing in the way of media attention at what was, simply, a lie.  I used to read various newspapers every day and it...

I'd imagine DND is not alone in asserting that they'd like as much money as possible for their particular area of responsibility.  No doubt Steven will next do an "analysis" on those greedy folks over at Indian and Northern Affairs, Heritage Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, et al.  It isn't even...