Business owners take note. It costs money when management fails to respond to complaints of harassment and bullying. It costs lives when management allows these systemic problems to continue. It costs society when good people make the choice of another career . We need good leaders in the RCMP organization. Sadly this is the new reality.
“Heavy caseloads, a toxic workplace culture, officer safety and low pay are among the reasons Mounties are choosing to leave the RCMP for new careers at other Canadian police forces. That’s according to Mounties who recently left or are preparing to leave Canada’s national police force and who spoke to CBC News. “I never realized how much fear I had going to calls for service with the RCMP,” said one seven-year veteran who left for another agency in Western Canada last October.”
I loved my job as a police officer and was proud to be part of the RCMP team, what I did not like was the bullying and other violence during my career. There are good people in the RCMP organization who work everyday and want to see a change but are in a bad system.
From my book WOMEN NOT WANTED, ‘When I first joined the RCMP in 1989 with the hopes of a long and successful career,I had no idea at the time that my career would be marred with sexual harassment and discrimination.”
Perhaps with new leadership the workplace will improve for RCMP officers. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-mounties-leaving-jobs-police-1.4037752