The province said the agency will be independent from the government, like all of Alberta's police services.
Leanne MacMillan, assistant central Alberta district officer for the RCMP, announced several serious charges have been laid against 35-year-old Peter Richard Ashby of no fixed address, in a deadly crime spree that spread from Beaumont to Edmonton, and ended in Wainwright.
In a news release on Wednesday, the province said proposed amendments to the Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act of 2024 will establish a new organization that would take on responsibility for functions carried out by the Alberta Sheriffs.The Alberta government said the updates, if passed, will “improve the government’s ability to respond to communities’ requests for additional law enforcement.
The new agency will also be subject to a civilian oversight board which will have a role similar to local police commissions, according to the province.“These changes are part of a broader paradigm shift that reimagines police as an extension of the community rather than as an arm of the state,” said Mike Ellis, Alberta’s public safety minister.
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