Canada's police will soon need to double or triple officer hiring or make consequential changes in the way they fight crime, including abandoning some classic duties, according to the head of the federal policing council.

Geoff Gruson, executive director of the Police Sector Council says the stark and urgent message results from a "perfect storm" of converging demographic, cultural, economic and political forces. Chief among them is a shrinking labour pool.

منبع :  Ottawa Citizen