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The provincial government is hiring more OPP officers.
Solicitor-General Sylvia Jones says 200 officers will be added to the ranks.
“The new hiring initiative is part of the continued steps our government is taking to improve the OPP’s workplace culture and support OPP personnel as they go above and beyond to serve in our communities,” notes Jones.
The recruitment initiative follows recommendations made by the OPP Independent Review Panel in March.
It was established last year to study the workplace culture at the OPP.
The panel was also tasked with examining how the provincial police address issues of mental health, occupational stress injuries and suicide among their members. The Panel made a total of 66 recommendations.
Jones says many of the new officers will be working in detachments in northern Ontario.
“Many in northern Ontario, as you can imagine, that have had chronic understaffing. So we want to make sure that we have the resources and the officers on the ground in place in those communities.”
