US EditionB.C. government approves satellite police training academies in Vancouver, Victoria
The pilot program will increase recruit training capacity by 50% at the main campus and add 432 annual graduates, fully funded by participating municipal police forces.
- The British Columbia government approved two satellite police training sites in Vancouver and Victoria to address surging recruit demand, operating a two-year pilot under Justice Institute of British Columbia Police Academy oversight.
- Vancouver Police Department figures show large staffing gaps with 165 hard and 150 soft vacancies, amid 11 independent municipal police forces and approximately 65 municipalities that contract the RCMP.
- The JIBC is increasing main-campus capacity by 50 per cent, producing as many as 432 recruits per year, while the Vancouver satellite uses the former London Drugs site and Victoria serves four Vancouver Island municipal police departments.
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B.C. approves new police training sites in Vancouver and Victoria
VICTORIA - Two new police training sites have been approved in Vancouver and Victoria to address a surge in demand for recruits from communities across British Columbia.
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