‘That’s too many’: Halifax Regional Police lose 30 members in six months
officers says the service is losing members at a rate the city can’t replace.
The interim president of the Halifax Regional Police Association warns staffing and morale are at an all-time low, and keeping people at work is a struggle.“People aren’t leaving police,” the association’s acting president Darla Perry said. “They’re leaving Halifax Police.”“That’s too many,” Perry noted. “We’re not able to keep up with the staffing numbers, whether it’s dispatch, patrol, the criminal intelligence division. We’re struggling to keep people at work.
“People are coming out and trying out the job instead of it being something you wanted to do since you were a child,” the 30-year police member and HRP sergeant said.Perry says the RCMP is pulling workers through a strong recruitment campaign. “You can go into different specialty units,” she says. “You can stay within the HRM municipality or Nova Scotia. They’re offering lifetime benefits.”Experts say the struggle is being felt across North America.
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