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‘Keep RCMP Tour’ lands in Medicine Hat and Brooks
MEDICINE HAT, AB – The “Keep RCMP Tour” is making the rounds in Alberta, with its latest stops in Medicine Hat and Brooks on Thursday.The union representing RCMP members, the National Police Federation, is actively voicing their concerns with a proposal to replace the mounties with a provincial police force, during a three-week tour of […]
Provincial police force puts ‘pile of things at risk’: RCMP union tells Okotoks
The National Police Federation is staunch in their distaste for the proposed provincial police force and is in the midst of a provincewide tour to prove their point. The Keep Alberta RCMP campaign took over the Elks Community Hall in Okotoks on Tuesday, Jan. 18, in the tour’s first stop in Southern Alberta. Read the full story in […]
Lethbridge County opposed to creation of Alberta Provincial Police Force
LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB – A rural community in Southern Alberta is voicing its opposition to a proposed profound change in policing services for the province.The Alberta Government is working towards potentially replacing the RCMP in the province with a new Alberta Provincial Police Service (APPS), which it claims would provide better service levels to rural areas.Read […]
National Police Federation encourages municipalities to support Alberta RCMP
WESTLOCK – Members of the National Police Federation (NPF), the sole bargaining agent for the RCMP, came to Westlock Jan. 10 to bring “clear and fact-based information” to residents regarding the Government of Alberta’s proposed provincial police service.Just under 20 people showed up to the Westlock Legion building for the presentation titled The RCMP: Alberta’s […]
More discussion needed on provincial police force, says van Dijken
ATHABASCA — The idea of replacing the RCMP with a provincial police force in Alberta has received mixed reviews from residents and elected officials since the UCP came to power in 2019, but with the recent release of the PwC report that found the concept to be “realistic, cost-effective and worth further study,” the organization representing […]
National Police Federation brings pro-RCMP tour to Stony Plain
The National Police Federation (NPF) is on tour. On Friday, Jan. 7, the sole certified bargaining agent representing nearly 20,000 RCMP members across Canada made its case to residents of Stony Plain as to why Albertans should pressure the province to maintain Alberta’s RCMP.“The biggest thing with this tour is to provide some factual data and […]