Cadets will patrol city streets
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Up to 200 cadets will patrol city streets, said city officials Monday, including 50 who will be on the streets by early next year.
Twenty will begin training this year, while another 30 will be added next year, under an arrangement reached last week between the city and province.
By January 2011, city officials said there will be the equivalent of about 50 trained full-time cadets patrolling downtown and the North End.
The cadets will wear bright blue uniforms and be equipped with batons, pepper spray and handcuffs.
The new cadet uniforms were unveiled Monday at city hall.
Cadets will be both part-time and full-time employees trained by Winnipeg Police Academy staff.
Each cadet’s shirt has a number on it for identification purposes, as well as a white crest.
“It’s really going to augment what we do in policing,” said Winnipeg Police Service Chief Keith McCaskill. Winnipeg Police Association president Mike Sutherland said the cadets will help officers focus on investigations and targeting repeat offenders by helping with other duties like guarding crime scenes or mental health patients.
Although the program will cost $1.7 million for a year, the September start date means it will cost something in the area of $600,000 this year, McCaskill and Mayor Sam Katz estimated.
The city and province are sharing the cost. Cadets will undergo backgrounds checks that are just as rigorous as those applied to prospective police constables, McCaskill said.
The police service is not setting targets or quotas for hiring aboriginals or visibly minorities, as all cadets must pass the background checks, McCaskill said.
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