As you noted, I do think we need a more flexible model. I was part of an expert panel commissioned by the Canadian council of academies on the future of policing. We heard evidence from around the world that policing needs to become much more specialized so that what works for cybercrime does not necessarily work for 24-7.
The idea that everyone in the RCMP or all officers have to go through Depot in Regina I think is anachronistic. Although there are financial challenges, which I believe your question alluded to, I think if we have a more flexible workforce in the RCMP, this could actually result in savings. On this idea that everyone has to be a police officer for the majority of their working life, I think that if we look at this in a 10-, 20- or 30-year horizon, it's not realistic. I recognize that the Supreme Court has allowed the unionization of the RCMP, but I worry a little bit that this as well as the paramilitary ethos, and the idea that everyone has to go through Regina in a kind of boot camp, will make the RCMP a less nimble police force.
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