The first 10 hires for the Sask. Marshal Service will be out in uniform this June. (Facebook/Sask. Marshal Service)

By Susan McNeil

Sask. Marshals Service

First Marshals to start work in June, 50 officers to be hired by end of 2025

Mar 4, 2025 | 1:25 PM

With the first class of 10 officers onboarding at the new Saskatchewan Marshal Service, paNOW reached out to Chief Marshal Rob Cameron for some more details on how, when and where the service will become fully operational.

By the end of 2026, the service expects to have 50 officers working with the remaining 20 hired the following year, but actual policing will be happening well before then.

“You’ll actually see marshals out working on their own and working with other police agencies as early as June. You’ll see us in our uniforms around town,” said Cameron.

The service is being created with some specific mandates that will be on top of their ability to do regular police work, so much of their work will be self-generated.

“The Marshals are a specialized police service, and we’ll do a lot of self-generated work. We’ll start developing the file, the intelligence and working on specific things that we have a mandate (for),” he said.

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That means extra focus on prolific and violent offenders and people wanted on warrants.

For the public, interactions with police won’t change as far as reporting crimes as they will still do that at their local station or RCMP detachment.

“We’re not the police force of jurisdiction in any one area,” said Cameron. “You wouldn’t call us as a 911 response, for example.”

They will provide backup when called by the local service and will be part of proactive policing efforts in high crime areas across Saskatchewan.

Prince Albert will hold the headquarters for the Marshals but they are in the process of determining where they will have sub-offices.

“We’re getting very close and of course it’s important we do the right consultation and talk with stakeholders and do the necessary groundwork before we determine where we’re going to go,” he said.

But they are very close, and announcements will be made soon. Two days ago they announced the first 10 officers were hired and their seven-week training starts on Monday.

Some of the 10 officers were hired from within Saskatchewan, including several members of the Prince Albert Police but others have hired on from across Western Canada. One of the new members is from British Columbia.

Recruitment has gone well and soon they will be expanding beyond their call for experienced officers and advertise for people brand new to policing.

“We’re getting a lot of interest and that’s a great thing,” Cameron said.

They made a deal with the Saskatchewan Police College to create a specific course that recognizes that many of the officers will have a lot of experience, and some may not know Saskatchewan law.

That will be added to refresher courses on weapons, driving and high-risk vehicle stops that are part of normal police work.

Part of Cameron’s background work has also been finding places to keep the prisoners they arrest.

“We’ve been spending a lot of time interacting and engaging with our police colleagues and different services throughout the province to develop arrangements and agreements so we can utilize their facilities and Breathalyzer rooms and things like that,” he said.

“We will have a variety of different places that we can house people for some time, based on what the needs are for the investigation.”

Because they are working province-wide, they can make the deals across the province as well.

At the same time, Cameron said the Marshal’s have been building very strong relationship with the RCMP (which he was a member of for 30 years), and municipal services such as Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina.

Members of the public will have a chance to see their Prince Albert office this fall as they plan an open house so people can take a look and meet the staff.

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