Officer deaths make recruitment more difficult: police chiefs affiliation

An affiliation representing police chiefs in Ontario says it is involved that the current deaths of on-duty officers will make recruiting new officers more difficult.

Joe Couto, the director of presidency relations with the Ontario Affiliation of Chiefs of Police, says the loss of life of an Ontario Provincial Police officer at this time is a shock to the complete policing group and a reminder of the dangers officers face each day.

OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller was killed and two different officers have been injured after responding to a disturbance at a house in Bourget, Ont., east of Ottawa, early this morning.

Couto says police forces in Ontario have already confronted challenges in recruiting members who mirror their communities and up to date officer deaths make that much more troublesome.

He says younger individuals who is likely to be focused on changing into cops would possibly pay attention to shootings that concentrate on officers and assume twice earlier than pursuing a profession in policing.

Mueller’s loss of life comes after a Toronto police officer was shot useless in Mississauga, Ont., in September, two South Simcoe Police constables have been killed in Innisfil, Ont., in October, and an OPP officer was shot in late December whereas responding to a name for a automobile in a ditch.