The chair of Calgary's Police Commission said in a letter that the decision to use funding from the Community Safety Investment Framework 'is not being made lightly.'
WATCH ABOVE: The Calgary Police Service is looking to build a new firearms training facility, but how they want to pay for the rising costs is causing some concern at city hall. The police commission is asking the city to use funding aimed at crisis and mental health supports. Adam MacVicar reports.
“Our Commission and the Service thoroughly reviewed the police budget to find other funding that could be used to fund the shortfall in the capital budget, but all remaining room in the budget has already been absorbed by other unanticipated costs and fine revenue shortfalls,” commission chair Shawn Cornett wrote.
The letter also calls the facility a “bottleneck” in the training for new recruits as well as for officers who need to complete a firearms proficiency qualification twice each year.Honzek helps hot Flames beat Kraken 4-3 in OTCanada has secured “significant number of spots” on flights leaving Lebanon: Blair
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