The freeze will be in effect until March 2026, during which time the province said it’ll give municipalities time to determine how to cover policing cost increases going forward.
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.The Alberta government is capping the cost of policing services in rural Alberta for a year. Rural leaders say while the temporary relief is great news, it doesn't address the lack of policing resources in their communities. Kabi Moulitharan explains.
The province is responsible for providing policing services to municipal districts, counties and urban municipalities with populations under 5,000 people. The Alberta government said by splitting the costs, they were able to afford to recruit new RCMP police officers and enhance other services.But some RMA members don’t think so, explaining they haven’t seen any benefits in their communities since the funding model was introduced.“We believe policing is important. Rural crime is a big deal.
So for the next year, the province said it’s freezing the funding model it can take time to review things and make improvements.
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