Alberta Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says province’s push to create police force doesn’t mean the replacement of RCMP
The Alberta government has introduced legislation to elevate its sheriff service department into a new stand-alone police force.
The RCMP will continue to operate as the provincial police service and there is no timeline on when the new police force will be created.“In the clearest terms possible, this legislation does not create a provincial police service the RCMP,” Ellis told reporters at a news conference prior to introducing the proposed legislation in the house Wednesday.
Alberta’s United Conservative government has been working for years on revamping policing to better respond to crime, particularly in the downtowns of Edmonton and Calgary and rural areas. “An Alberta police force would be extremely costly for Albertans. Municipalities made it loud and clear they don’t want it, Albertans don’t want it, but Danielle Smith, yet again, doesn’t listen,” said Sabir in a statement.
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