The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The Oakville Beaver, F rida y M a rc h 8, 2002 - 3 Halton police need officers 72 constables expected to be hired this year last year are retirees. The remaining 30 accepted jobs with other police servic SPECIAL TO T HE BEAVER es. When asked why so many officers The Halton Region Police Service is left for other services, Algar said, all of being forced to deal with a problem it them returned to police in their home communities. has never faced before. Dave Atkinson, president of the Due to an all-time high number of Halton Police Service officers leaving the serv Association, the union ice through retirement and representing the region's transfers, Halton police paid officers, said Halton's need to hire a bevy of new service is one of the most officers to service the city coveted in the province to of Burlington and the work for because of its towns of Oakville, Milton, commitment to 12-hour Halton Hills and Acton. shift scheduling. `Traditionally, we have `That is probably the sin 8-10 officers leaving each gle most attractive quality of year. Last year we had Halton," Atkinson said. 49," said Halton Regional "Wages right across south Police Chief Ean Algar. ern Ontario are usually pret "And we have every rea ty close, dollar-wise." son to expect that we will Ean Algar Twelve-hour shifts see that attrition level mean officers can frequently work continue." Algar added that in past years four consecutive days with four con Halton police received upwards of secutive days off. Police services in 1,000 applications for every opening Peel and Toronto do not have^similar they needed to fill. That number has scheduling practices, says Atkinson, now dwindled to about 50 applications adding that often leads to officers hav ing to work seven or eight days with per opening. Constables Carmencia Pineda and out a break. "I can tell you for a fact that I know James Barnes, along with Barb Macro, human resources manager for the serv of members who have categorically ice, shed light on the looming hiring stated that if we give up 12-hour shifts crisis at the monthly police services they will look for organizations that have 12-hour shifts," he said. board meeting in Oakville last week. Deputy Chief Gary Crowell said the The trio told the board they expect association and board of directors have to have to hire as many as 72 new con stables in 2002 and are currently pro agreed to review the 12-hour shift moting policing in Halton as a career to scheduling but do not have immediate as many qualified applicants as they plans to change it. Additional recruiting information is can reach. Following the meeting, Algar said available by calling the service's recruit 19 of the 49 officers leaving the service ing office at 905-634-1831, ext. 5112. -/ y ' / |\ |V * -A ' ^By Robb Swybrous "a it.., C h a n te iie F it tin g D ay Josien a bra fitting expert from Chanteiie France will be in our store to assist you. Call for an appointment. * 'i* . "A" v '/ / V / IX " Your chance to WIN a Chanteiie or Passionata Bra & Panty Set or a Day at the Victorian Spa 100 BRONTE RD. UNIT #3, OAKVILLE 905-847-15 wwvv. good n ig h liio o d m o rn in g .c o m permanent LASER H A IR R E M ENSYNC T E L E C O M < CORP 50% off P A Y IN G T O O M U C H F O R L O N G D IS T A N C E CALLS? O u r residen tial rates start at 6 cents per m in u te for all calls w ithin C a n a d a , 2 4 h ou rs a day, 7 days a w eek w ith N O m o n th ly fees. We also o ffer great in te rn a tio n al callin g rates, fo r ex am p le U n ited States Italy Portugal 7 cents per m in u te 8 cents per m in u te 12 cents per m in u te a ll L a s e r H a ir R e m o v a l s e r v ic e s u n til M a rc h 3 1 , 2 0 0 2 C a ll f o r a F r e e C o n s u lta tio n 9 0 S .3 3 S .3 3 3 3 F in a n c in g A v a ila b le G re a t b u sin e ss rates sta rtin g at 5 cen ts p e r m in u te fo r all calls m a d e in C a n a d a , 2 4 h o u rs a day, 7 d ay s a w eek. Lase r ffair a n d v e in r e m I M A G E I N T E R N A T I O N A S A I Q N & DAY 0 C · i» » i · SPA f S t , I M O a k v i l l * T o w n R a d ia n t peal m icroderm ab B o to x Res ty la n e / C o lla g e n le g vein tre atm e nts C h e m ic al Peel: P e rm a n e n t C osm e tics C A L L E N S Y N C T E L E C O M A T 1 -8 0 0 -3 8 8 -8 4 8 5 T O S IG N U P T O D A Y ·w w i h « i p o a t i m o g » « 5 0 4 5 O rb ito r D riv e, B ldg. 9 , S u ite 3 0 0 , M ississa u g a , O n ta r io , L 4W 4Y 4 T e le p h o n e (9 0 5 ) 6 0 2 -5 4 1 1 · Fax (9 0 5 ) 6 0 2 - 5 4 2 7