RCMP union advocates for ease of foreign applicant requirements to attract talent

The unsaid part is which police forces would not be considered as equivalent, rather than just citing the easy ones. Presumably, not advocating for “foreign credential recognition” of police from Russia, China, Iran etc:

The union representing front-line RCMP members wants the force to ease requirements for foreign applicants to help attract experienced police officers from agencies like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and counterparts in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The RCMP currently requires that applicants be Canadian citizens or have permanent resident status in Canada. Applicants with permanent resident status must have lived in Canada as a permanent resident for three of the last five years.

The National Police Federation says the RCMP should follow the lead of the Canadian Armed Forces, which in 2022 opened applications to permanent residents without any requirement on time spent in Canada.

Federation president Brian Sauvé said he’s “pretty sure we can attract some good talent” through a similar move by the RCMP.

Sauvé compares the idea to federal immigration programs that seek to entice skilled workers to come to Canada.

“If this government has identified public safety, border security and all that stuff as an imperative, we can do the same thing, right?” Sauvé said in a recent interview.

“We have equivalency training. You can come from Manchester, you can come from New South Wales, you can come from, I don’t know, the FBI. And we’ll train you to be equivalent, to give you a job and put you in a role.”…

Source: RCMP union advocates for ease of foreign applicant requirements to attract talent