Prior to taking this job I was actually at the police college in Toronto as a supervisor, so I can speak first-hand. It was difficult because we were going to the maximum, and every police service in Ontario continues to hire people. The difficulty is that the pool is getting smaller and smaller. Right now there's a capacity at the Ontario Police College of 540 officers that can be trained at any given time. That happens about three times a year. Again, specifically in Toronto, we are hiring 144 officers three times a year. That's one whole class at the Ontario Police College. Then you've got the OPP hiring large numbers too, so the numbers dwindle with the municipals. This money here is increasing when you're hiring these new officers, but there's not enough for that sustainable funding once they meet that five-year criterion.
On October 21st, 2009. See this statement in context.