聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Constable Bryan Marchuk joined the Carlyle Detachment two months ago in his first posting with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Having finished training at Depot in Regina four months ago and for the first two months as an active member he was in Ottawa working as added security on Parliament Hill before arriving in Carlyle.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Marchuk joined the RCMP after training as a Control Systems Engineer.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚 was a Control Systems Engineer in training and there wasn鈥檛 enough variety in the work for me and I wasn鈥檛 directly helping people,鈥� he explained. 鈥淚 wanted a career where I could make a bit of a difference.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Despite training being, 鈥渢he toughest six months of [his] life,鈥� Marchuk has found his calling and only four months after training can say, 鈥淚 love it. It鈥檚 great. It鈥檚 the best job I鈥檝e ever had. Every day is different, there鈥檚 no routine. I wake up and I have no idea how my day is going to pan out.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Although Carlyle has been a bit of a culture shock, having gone from places like Vancouver and Kelowna, he has been looking for ways to become involved in the community.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭o go from a population of 80,000 to 1,400, is a little bit of an adjustment,鈥� Marchuk said smiling. 鈥淚鈥檓 trying to get involved though. I鈥檝e joined jujitsu at the gym which is letting me meet other people aside from other members, but basically I鈥檓 just waiting for hockey season and to play.鈥�
