Officer Deaths Make Recruitment More Challenging: Police Chiefs Association

Officer Deaths Make Recruitment More Challenging: Police Chiefs Association
OPP officers stand near the scene of a shooting where one Ontario Provincial Police officer was killed and two others were injured in the town of Bourget, Ont. on May 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle
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Recent deaths of on-duty police officers will make recruiting new officers more challenging, an association representing police chiefs in Ontario said after an officer was fatally shot in a village east of Ottawa on Thursday.
Joe Couto, the director of government relations with the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, said the death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer is a shock to the entire policing community and a reminder of the risks officers face every day.