Michael Duheme was sanguine about the RCMP departing both communities, noting that policing contracts are managed by the federal public safety department, not the Mounties
The commissioner of the RCMP says it will be better able to facilitate the end of contract-policing relationships with communities that want to create their own local forces based on lessons from the move by Surrey, B.C., to
“The lessons learned in Surrey, we’ve been sharing it with the management team in Grande Prairie as well as with the province to ensure that Grande Prairie is much smoother than what we saw in Surrey,” Mr. Duheme said in a Friday interview with The Globe and Mail at his Ottawa office. At the time, Alberta’s public safety minister said he expected other communities in the province would follow in creating their own police forces. More recently, the UCP government has enacted legislation to provide it with the authority to create a provincial police force.
“We come to the table and provide all the information they want, and then they can make the informed decision, and then I think it’s just professional on our part to ensure that smooth transition as we move out of there.” Mr. Duheme said the RCMP offers its clients more than just the officers in a particular location. Comprised of 19,000 regular members across Canada, the national force can be relied on to offer expertise and service as required, he said.
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