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Letter: Why throw away good money?
In response to Jan. 21 News article, “NPF making efforts to keep RCMP in Alberta”Read the full Letter to the Editor in Medicine Hat News.
Keep Alberta RCMP stops in Pincher Creek
As the UCP government is currently conducting engagement sessions with municipalities on the possibility of transitioning to a provincial police force, the union which represents 20,000 RCMP officers across Canada is holding their own session across Alberta in an effort to prevent that from happening.“Their own survey showed the vast majority of the province did […]
Members of Alberta Municipalities explore the future of policing in Alberta
More than 400 local government officials, including mayors, councillors and chief administrative officers, participated in Alberta Municipalities’ virtual summit Wednesday night on the future of policing in Alberta.The two-hour event, hosted by Alberta Municipalities President Cathy Heron, presented association members with a summary of the key points made in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report commissioned by the Government […]
Virtual Events Added as ‘Keep Alberta RCMP’ Dates Continue to Sell Out
The ‘Keep Alberta RCMP’ tour has been making the rounds, having come to Okotoks on Jan. 18.The tour is headed up by the National Police Federation (NPF), a police union that intends to educate Albertans on the implications of implementing a provincial police force, particularly the downsides they foresee.Read the full story in Okotoks Online.
NPF making efforts to keep RCMP in Alberta
The National Police Federation made a stop on their KeepAlbertaRCMP tour at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 17 in Medicine Hat on Thursday to host a public consultation in hopes of keeping the RCMP in the province over Alberta’s idea of implementing a provincial police service.The province is proposing to replace the current Alberta RCMP with […]
Municipal leaders question Alberta government push to fund provincial police force
Alberta municipal leaders say rather than investing hundreds of millions of dollars into a provincial police force, the government should focus on increasing funding to address the major drivers of crime.Alberta Municipalities, formerly the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association, held a virtual summit Wednesday night on the future of policing in the province, with more than […]