A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 21, 1999 RCMP spots remain vacant as others have greater need Dr. R.D. Greenwood Chiropractor 4635 Lazelle, Terrace RCMP INSPECTOR Doug Wheler doesn’t think the lo- cai detachment will see any of the 236 new recruits beaded toward B.C. by next spring, ‘““We may not get any of those {recruils),”’ said Wheler said last weck, He said the RCMP head- quarters in Vancouver will Place the recruits based on ment may receive replace- should gtaduate in Septem- “‘We can only afford to | t Available. each RCMP detachment’s ments for both positions but’ ber with the others becom- lake the number of cadets nspector For Appointment 638-8165 vacancy rate. he hasn’t heard whether that ing available as they finish Wwecan sustain,’’ he said. . Doug Wheler or Pp With a vacancy rate. of. two to four constables — or 4.8 to 9.7 per cent of the Io- cal detachment — Terrace's need doesn’t rank as high as more populated areas of BC. “They may send them all lo the. lower mainland,’ said Wheler, Wheler added that Kitimat would be more likely to sce new recruits because that department is operating at a 50 per cent vacancy rate, Terrace is missing two highway patrol officers and will see two additional RCMP officers promoted and leave this fall, Constable Jim Cooley, the detachment’s officer as- signed to native policing is- sues here, will fill a similar position as a corporal in Kamloops. Cooley is popular for his work with the youth cadet corps at Kitsumkalum and he has spent a lot of time on alternative justice methods here, His position is contracted under a native policy agree- nient signed here this spring and he will be replaced by anather native police of- ficer. Wheler said one of the five officers transferring in to the detachment this sum- Mer is native, but he is scheduled for general duty. Nass is OK He added there’s always the possibility that his job descriplion may change to fill that position. Constable Mare Landry, who works in Terrace’s in- vestigation and drug section, has been promoted to carpo- ral and will move ‘to. Granisle this fall. Wheler said the detach- FO will bappen yet The Terrace detachment — which was seven posi- tions short this time Jast year — will have four of its 41 officers transfer out this sumer, Another five will transfer in, ‘Corporal Grant Leamed, B.C.’s RCMP -spokesman, said the first of the recruits (raining into 2000. He said BC. needs recruits to address current and future vacancies created by an aging police force. He added B.C. may be able to afford more recruits next October when a federal audit “assessing RCMP resources throughout Cana- da is complete. 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