Ford government to remove post-secondary requirement for police recruits

Ontario: A new strategy has been announced by the Ford government to promote police regulation in Ontario. Under this scheme, it has been decided to reduce the cost for new recruits and in the new bill, it has also been decided to reduce the educational qualification for this work.

Premier Doug Ford said his government would bring in a bill that would end the condition of post-secondary education for police recruits which means that only a high school diploma will be enough to join the police.

Speaking from The Toronto Police College in Itobico on Tuesday, Ford said crime in Toronto has increased by more than 20 percent at the same time last year. People don’t feel safe.

We need more police officers around us.

With the new bill, the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA) will be amended so that a secondary school diploma is enough to become a police officer. The province is also working on eliminating tuition fees for a 12-week basic constable training program at Ontario Police College.

The decision to abolish tuition fees will be implemented from early 2023. The province says that this fee will be refunded to the recruits who have paid this fee this year.