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Stettler urban, rural councils hear warnings about Alberta’s provincial police plan
Stettler urban and rural councillors, along with other members of the public, heard warnings from the National Police Federation (NPF) about the Alberta government’s proposal to replace the RCMP with a provincial force. The Stettler and area residents attended an information session Feb. 1 at the Stettler CanAlta Hotel as part of the NPF’s province-wide public […]
Provincial police service costs more, won’t solve rural crime issues: RCMP union reps
OLDS — Replacing the RCMP with a proposed provincial police force will cost far more and won’t really solve issues like crime and long response times in rural areas, two RCMP officers told a crowd in Olds. That’s the gist of a presentation given to about 35 people in the Olds College land sciences building on Feb.2. […]
KeepAlbertaRCMP touts benefits of sticking with RCMP service at Airdrie info session
The KeepAlbertaRCMP Community Engagement Tour made a stop at the Airdrie Legion on Feb. 3, where representatives of the National Police Federation (NPF) spoke to a packed room of attendees.Last fall, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, Kaycee Madu, proposed the creation of Alberta’s own provincially led and funded policing force to replace the current […]
National Police Federation directors stop in Stettler
Two members of Canada’s National Police Federation (NPF) were in Stettler on Feb. 1, 2022, to raise community awareness of the implications relating to the province’s proposed plan to transition to a provincial police force.The potential establishment of an Alberta Provincial Police Service was brought up in the Government of Alberta’s 2020 Fair Deal Panel […]
‘Keep Alberta RCMP’ community tour makes its way through to Airdrie, Calgary
The debate over a proposed provincial police force has been ongoing since the provincial government proposed the idea this past fall.Calls for a provincial police force were amplified following a fair deal panel report’s recommendations that it would improve rural policing issues while strengthening relationships with First Nations communities.In response, the union that represents nearly […]
Members of National Police Federation in Airdrie during Keep Alberta RCMP Tour
Representatives of the National Police Federation were in Airdrie on Thursday as part of their KeepAlbertaRCMP Community Engagement Tour.The tour which has stops across Alberta was in response to a study that was initiated by the province of Alberta and carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Canada about the potential transition to a provincial police service. PwC Canada was hired […]