Grande Prairie Police Service Chief Dwayne Lakusta adjusts his glasses during an interview with The Canadian Press in his office in Grande Prairie, Alta., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fakiha Baig
On the second floor of a building where most offices are without doors, the ceilings hang low and the carpets don't match, the chief of Grande Prairie's new police force gets down to work.Grande Prairie Police Service Chief Dwayne Lakusta has more than three decades of experience in law enforcement.
The result, he said, is a "non-traditional" policing model that will deploy mobile outreach workers alongside enforcement officers. "I know a lot of Canada is watching to see how this unfolds. will build a sort of template for other municipalities that are looking to transition.""There were conversations going on in Alberta about a provincial police service," he said.
"My first No vote was really just to delay and to give our public the opportunity to be more part of the discussion," Thiessen said in an interview."For us to be able to do a cost analysis five years from now, for instance, is tricky. We're just ballparking numbers.
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