By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN THE LOCAL RCMP detachment hopes to entice more senior officers to move here following a change in the force's posting designation for Terrace. They now have the option of moving away. after five years thanks to the detachment becoming a limited duration posting. “Tt means that members are required lo stay here for five years and after five years the-RCMP will attempt to accommodate them for a‘transfer to a preferred location of their choice,” explains Tetrace’ Stalf.Sgt. Jas: Basi: | ~ It’s not the first time Terrace has adopted the de- signation, Up until Dec.-31, 1996 Terrace had been la- belled a limited duration posting. That status lapsed. until the end of last year.: , In the interim. members could remain here until ‘the RCMP staffing department decided they should 803 Basi said. There was no limit. to how long. a: member was. re quired to stay. The change is not seen as a way io thin the. ranks of experienced officers and fill spots with recruits -fresh. out of the RCMP’s training acadeniy, but as a way. to entice more senior officers: in the first place, says ‘this: detach- ment's most senior officer, Inspector Marlin Degrand.: “The limited duration posting. status actually. helps..us in many ways,” he says. “Firstly, there. is a hard end. date, thal should they decide to leave, they can. “Number two — they are given preferential (reatment- coming out of a limited duration pasting on their next transfer.” That means more senior officers looking to move on to bigger cities may choose to work al a limited duration A12- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 26, 2003 RCMP officers after five years of duty here can now leave ‘posting for the five years required in order to increase their chances of transferring to the spat of their choice. Degrand says the move gives more senior officers more incenlive to move here. Constable John Graziano recently transferred here from Fisher Branch iin Man- itoba. “He's a trained) member with aboul 5 years service,” Staff Sgt. Basi says. Since the limited duration posting came into effect Insp. Marlin Degrand = some local members have’ put in applications to be. transferred to other postings including Constable Jack Hundial, the officer in charge of aboriginal policing here. Other members have transferred or. will be transferring though not necessarily because of the change in status to _? a limited duration posting. _Gone_are Cnst. Tara Basisty and Cnst. Noelle Brown- ot ing who moved to other detachments, “~ Constables Troy and Jeanette Beauregard will. be moving to: Vanderhoof - Troy Beauregard will be ac- cepling a promotion to Corporal at that detachment. He'll be in charge of traffic services. And Cpl. Sean Wadelius has left for an instructor's position at the RCMP training school in Regina. Pair fined for falsifying records to claim matern A TERRACE businessman false information in late has been fined $2,000 for 2002 included payroll creating false records so records, pay cheques and a that a person could collect’ false record of employ- maternity benefils under ment. the employment insurance Dhaliwal then used the program. documentation to file a Boota Singh “Peter” false maternity benefits Uppal, the owner of the lo- claim at the end of 2002 cal Sears outlet, set up and collect $2,375. over 19 false records stating thal weeks in early 2003, the Amandeep Dhatiwal court was told. worked for him, Terrace Dhaliwal musi repay provincial court judge Ed the money and pay a fine de Walle was told Nov. 21. 2°00. 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