"RCMP union pushes for change to help force attract talent from U.S., other countries"

[Booter]

Some pretty decent financial incentives for doing so too, I believe?

Yeah they do that way better

 

[lenaitch]

The OPP is very upfront that you are going to frontline policing and usually to a harder to staff place. It works for them.

Actually, applicants are now asked their (I think) five preferred postings, which is generally easy to accommodate these days given the vacancy rate. I don't know if they've completely abandoned the 'are you willing to serve anywhere in Ontario' clause.

Some pretty decent financial incentives for doing so too, I believe?

The Duration Posting Allowance is very generous.

Where base pay sits on the spectrum depends on MoU cycles. There used to be quite a spread with small town services but there are very few of those remaining.

 

[brihard]

Where base pay sits on the spectrum depends on MoU cycles. There used to be quite a spread with small town services but there are very few of those remaining.

OPP’s in good shape base pay wise, though that’s with a recently negotiated collective. Here’s the top half of a list of base pay for constable first class; 3-4 years’ service depending on the police service.

 

[Haggis]

Anecdotal only but I don't get the sense that the OPP loses many to other services.

I personally know three in the last five years who started out in my agency, went OPP for a couple of years and came back to us.

 

[lenaitch]

OPP’s in good shape base pay wise, though that’s with a recently negotiated collective. Here’s the top half of a list of base pay for constable first class; 3-4 years’ service depending on the police service.

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$123,194 by 2026. If you are 'front line' (i.e. general duties field) Cst. Sgt. then +3%, plus posting allowance if applicable.

 

[brihard]

$123,194 by 2026. If you are 'front line' (i.e. general duties field) Cst. Sgt. then +3%, plus posting allowance if applicable.

Yup. Really our whole profession is, by and large, well paid in base terms. Some of the work conditions can positively suck, it the are pay is the same for the guy living ‘inside the wire’ at a detachment compound on a really rough reserve as it is for the guy with safe and cushy Mon-Fri office work doing disclosure on an organized crime file. And for services like OPP, RCMP, or SQ, probably the same base pay with minimal if any allowances whether they live and work in Kenora or Toronto, North Battlefoed or Burnaby, or Sept-Iles or Montreal. Not always easy to ‘apples to apples’.