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Faced with “constant recruiting challenges,” Peel Regional Police is actively seeking other police forces to recruit experienced officers to join its ranks.

The hiring strategy “marks a significant change” for Ontario’s second-largest police force (Canada’s third-largest), said Peel Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah, and comes in response to Fewer Ontario Police College graduates available to bolster Peel’s frontline force. -line officers each year.

Speaking at the latest meeting of the Peel Police Services Board, Duraiappah and Peel Deputy Chief Mark Dapat updated members on the latest developments in recruitment.

Dapat said the force has launched a formal campaign “to recruit experienced officers from other services, with the aim of meeting current recruitment challenges”.

He told board members that 14 experienced officers from other forces were hired in late August.

Dapat stressed that while recruiting experienced officers from other police agencies “is not ideal, it often proves more cost-effective than training new graduates” from the police academy.

Going forward, Duraiappah said he will keep the board informed as more such hires are made.

A new Peel Regional Police hiring strategy “marks a significant change” in how the ranks were previously bolstered, Peel Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said.

Peel police have committed to recruiting a total of some 200 new officers by the end of the year, Dapat said, “despite limitations in the allocation of seats to the Ontario Police College” .

Currently, Peel Police receive 55 “seats” each year for each of the four police college cohorts, meaning 220 graduates are available each year to join Peel’s ranks.

Faced with an urgent need to hire new officers as Mississauga and Brampton — particularly the latter — continue to grow, Duraiappah said Peel police are pushing the college and the province to hold a fifth annual recruitment, which would add 55 new recruits to the ranks of Peel each year. 12 months.

Police force must keep up with Peel’s growth

The number of Ontario Police College “seats” reserved for Peel police in 2025 is not yet known, police officials said.

In emphasizing the need for additional police recruits in the coming years in Peel, Duraiappah referenced a letter from Peel Region Council which highlights a “critical need to increase the number of officers to maintain sustained police force.” ‘effective order in the region’.

Officials anticipate that Peel Police will need to recruit an additional 250 new officers each year (based on an estimated 10 per cent annual growth in Peel’s population) to supplement its complement of 2,500 sworn officers to meet the growth and police demands.

Not only are Peel police facing the challenge of meeting the needs of a growing population, Duraiappah added, but they are also preparing for “an expected wave of retirements over the next five years, as many agents hired 30 years ago will be approaching retirement age.”

Peel Police say they offer competitive salaries in addition to a comprehensive benefits package for both sworn and civilian positions.

The annual salaries are:

• Cadet, second class – $51,741
• Cadet, first class – $56,914
• Recruit a gendarme – $62,088
• Constable, fourth class – $72,436
• Constable, third class – $82,785
• Constable, second class – $93,132
• First Class Agent – ​​$111,584

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