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EDMONTON — The Alberta RCMP says 21 new officers are being deployed to communities across the province following their graduation from the national police training academy.
The officers recently completed the RCMP’s cadet training program at Depot in Regina and will begin serving in a mix of rural, urban and remote detachments.
The new recruits will be posted to communities including Barrhead, Cardston, Chateh, Coronation, Drayton Valley, Fort Vermilion, High Prairie, Hinton, Lloydminster, McLennan, Piikani Nation, Provost, Redcliff, Red Earth Creek, Stettler, St. Paul, Valleyview, Vegreville, Wainwright and Wood Buffalo.
The RCMP says the additions come amid what it describes as improved recruitment and retention efforts across Alberta.
Since April 2024, the force has received more than 5,700 applications in the province. It has also hired 25 experienced officers since April 2025 through a targeted program, with dozens of additional applications currently being processed.
Deputy Commissioner Trevor Daroux, commanding officer of the Alberta RCMP, says police visibility and staffing levels remain key concerns for communities.
He says the new officers reflect efforts to streamline hiring processes, remove barriers and ensure qualified candidates are placed where they are needed most.
The RCMP says it is also relying on additional strategies to address staffing gaps and temporary absences.
These include a provincial relief team based in Cochrane and Leduc, which provides frontline support to detachments dealing with vacancies, injuries or major incidents. The team has 65 deployments planned this year across 16 detachments.
The force is also using alternative service delivery models in remote areas, including a fly-in policing model in Fox Lake, and has 34 reservists currently supporting frontline operations, with more in the recruitment process.
Officials say the measures are part of broader efforts to maintain policing capacity and improve service levels across Alberta communities.
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