{"id":1338,"date":"2025-03-21T21:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T05:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stlatlimxpolice.ca\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:20:56","slug":"new-recruit-officer-joins-the-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlatlimxpolice.ca\/?p=1338","title":{"rendered":"August 26, 2024: New Recruit Officer Joins the Ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Recruit Constable Ryan Grant was sworn-in on August 26, 2024 as the only new STPS officer of the year.\u00a0 He was born and raised in Lillooet BC and grew up playing minor hockey, hunting and fishing. \u00a0Previous generations of his family were from Xa\u2019xtsa in southern St\u2019at\u2019imc.\u00a0 This area is historically known as the communities of Port Douglas and Tipella.\u00a0 The family then moved to Minto City near Goldbridge BC and became members of the northern St\u2019at\u2019imc community of Sekw\u2019el\u2019was.\u00a0 Ryan\u2019s parents eventually moved from Misson BC to Lillooet BC and began raising their family.\u00a0 Ryan spent his youth in Lillooet BC and graduated from Lillooet Secondary School in 2018.\u00a0\u00a0 Shortly after completing high-school, he joined BC Wildfire\u2019s Seton Lake Unit crew in 2018.\u00a0 After 5 years of wildfire-fighting he accepted a crew-leader position that lasted for 2 years.\u00a0 In August 2024 he left his leadership role to pursue a career as a Stl\u2019atl\u2019imx Tribal Police Service (STPS) officer.\u00a0 \u00a0Ryan\u2019s longtime friend, STPS Constable Jordan Austinson, played a key role in Ryan\u2019s life-changing decision to join the STPS.\u00a0 Ryan began his training at the Police Academy at the Justice Institute of BC (JIBC) in September 2024.\u00a0 He expects to graduate on July 4, 2025.\u00a0 He continues to be an active member of his community through policing.\u00a0 Ryan aspires to and is committed to protecting and improving the communities he grew up in. He is pictured on the right along side Cst. Austinson on the left.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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