The union representing front-line Mounties says it has not seen an internal RCMP memo calling for short-term staff transfers to Manitoba and Saskatchewan, but says those provinces are under severe workload stress. Bobby Baker, the National Police Federation’s director for the Prairies, says officers in rural Manitoba are getting burned out working to investigate an unprecedented 58 homicides last year.
The union representing front-line Mounties says it has not seen an internal RCMP memo calling for emergency officer transfers to Manitoba and Saskatchewan , but says the two provinces are under severe workload stress . The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police"E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Bobby Baker, the National Police Federation’s director for the Prairies, says it’s not unheard of for there to be a call to shift officers between jurisdictions temporarily. He says officers in rural Manitoba are getting burned out working to investigate an unprecedented 58 homicides last year.
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