But in the name of all that's holy what is going to be done with 5280 LAVs - unless we are planning on selling them?
100,000 Regs
100,000 Primary Reserve
300,000 Supplementary Reserve
5,280 LAVs
Got to thinking again, sorry.
Two lines of thought: People and vehicles
On the vehicles front.
500,000 people.
How many people per vehicle does a modern force use?
Allowing for vehicles with crews of one to four, dismounted forces and sedentary forces in offices and warehouses ratios of 5 to 10 people per vehicle are suggested.
On the other hand the Toronto police service operates a fleet of 792 marked vehicles, 788 unmarked vehicles and 129 support vehicles with a strength of 5396 active officers out of a total strength of 7600. 7600 people operating 1709 vehicles. 4.4 people per vehicle. 3.2 officers per vehicle.
The RCMP, with a strength of about 33,000, including 19,000 officers, operates a fleet of 12,000 on road vehicles. It also operates 1700 to 3400 snowmobiles and ATVs, 300 vessels and 30 or so aircraft. 2.8 people per street vehicle. 1.6 officers per street vehicle. The special purposes fleet is on top of that.
So a chosen ratio of people to vehicle is somewheres between 2 and 10.
Regs - 100,000 people - 10-50,000 vehicles
Primarey Reserve - 100,000 people - 10-50,000 vehicles
New Reserve - 300,000 people - 30-150,000 vehicles.
Somewhere between 50 and 250,000 vehicles required for this combined force - on top of the 105,000 police employees - 72,000 officers and 33,000 civilians with 20 to 25,000 vehicles.
Somehow 5000 light armoured vehicles looks a lot less unrealistic.
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Line 2: People.
Is the new reserve a Defence Force? Or is it a Security Force? Should it be templated on the CAF, the Army specifically, or should it be templated on the RCMP?
The tasks for the new force seem to be more aligned with domestic community service than with foreign service and armed service seems to be only part of the expected service. The RCMP is the federal government's community presence. Why not align this new reserve with the RCMP?
There has been some discussion of splitting the RCMP into two entities, one focused on street policing and one on purely invetigative work.
You could even roll the Rangers into the new reserve and enploy the reserve on Ranger terms. Have the Rangers maintain their identity within a new Canadian Security Force, distinct from the Canadian Armed Forces. The CAF would hold on to the Primary Reseve as an integral part of the CAF and distinct from the Canadian Security Force.
Something more akin to the RUC B Specials (Royal Ulster Constabulary) without the religious affiliation, than the RUR (Royal Ulster Regiment).
The Irish reference is appropriate because both the NWMP and the Royal Newfoundlad Constabulary were modeled on the Royal Irish Constabulary.
In terms of nodes for developing supporting infrastructure the RCMP operates 700 dets which may or may not include some occasional use facilities that used to be fully manned with living quarters. Other forces operate an equivalent number for a total of about 1500 community stations.
300,000 in the new reserve would mean a company sized force of 200 volunteers for each of the 1500 stations.
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