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. It was part of the Keep Alberta RCMP tour, underway across the province.

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