RCMP union boss says Alberta's boost to sheriffs could help Mounties recruit ableg abpoli
Alberta’s Budget 2023 sets out $27.3 million in new funding for the Alberta Sheriffs, including adding 245 new members.Article content
Sauvé said across Canada and internationally, police services are having difficulty recruiting, so he encouraged those interested in the public safety field to join the sheriffs to get training and community knowledge.Following the release of February’s budget, Opposition NDP justice critic Irfan Sabir said he didn’t trust the government when it said the influx of new officers wasn’t a move towards a provincial police service.
The new sheriff funding is in addition to the ongoing 15-week pilot project in the downtowns of Calgary and EdmontonThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.The head of the Alberta Sheriffs Branch expects to have 1,159 members once its hiring spree is complete. Its officers work court security, at the legislature, in communications, surveillance, as well as enforcing traffic and fish and wildlife laws, but their role is expanding under the UCP.
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