Justice Minister Matt Wiebe says the new unit is expected to ease some of the strain experienced at the RCMP detachment and proactively address public safety concerns.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Manitoba RCMP say officers are set to begin wearing body cameras as soon as Friday, when Mounties in Steinbach will be the first in the province to be outfitted with the new gear. Daisy Woelk reports.Manitoba’s NDP government is funding a pilot program that will see the creation of a new investigation unit in the province’s west.
It says nearly $265,000 is going toward the RCMP unit in Swan River to crack down on drug trafficking and other serious crime. The money will go toward the hiring of three new officers who are to work on complex and multi-jurisdictional investigations in the Swan Valley region.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.Justice Minister Matt Wiebe says the new unit is expected to ease some of the strain experienced at the RCMP detachment and proactively address public safety concerns in the community.
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