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By Phillip Blancher, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Morrisburg Leader CORNWALL \u2013 The provincial government has expanded its Basic Constable Training program to a temporary site located at the DEV Centre in Cornwall. The move is to add more new recruits to Ontario\u2019s police services faster. \u201cBy expanding training this fall in Cornwall, our government is supporting police services and their recruitment efforts, ensuring they have the additional constables needed to protect our communities,\u201d said Solicitor General Michael Kerzner. The expansion will train 121 additional recruits for this intake window, increasing the total police recruits to 641 this fall. Police recruits, whether for a municipal or the Ontario Provincial Police, are normally trained at the Ontario Police College in Aylmer. \u201cBy expanding basic constable training, our government is adding more… <\/p>\n

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By Phillip Blancher, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Morrisburg Leader CORNWALL \u2013 The provincial government has expanded its Basic Constable Training program to a temporary site located at the DEV Centre in Cornwall. The move is to add more new recruits to Ontario\u2019s police services faster. \u201cBy expanding training this fall in Cornwall, our government is supporting police services and their recruitment efforts, ensuring they have the additional constables needed to protect our communities,\u201d said Solicitor General Michael Kerzner. The expansion will train 121 additional recruits for this intake window, increasing the total police recruits to 641 this fall. Police recruits, whether for a municipal or the Ontario Provincial Police, are normally trained at the Ontario Police College in Aylmer. \u201cBy expanding basic constable training, our government is adding more... <\/p>\n

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