Alberta’s Opposition NDP says it will fight crime by hiring police and support workers, as well as keep the RCMP, if it wins next month’s provincial election.
Justice Critic Irfan Sabir and Municipal Affairs Critic Joe Ceci released a public safety plan on Sunday that promises an NDP government would hire 150 officers along with 150 social workers, mental health workers, addictions counsellors and community outreach workers who would work with the police in integrated teams.
They say it would cost about $40 million, and would be paid for by giving municipalities back approximately $32 million they lost when they say the current provincial government increased its take in revenues that municipalities collect from fines.Alberta NDP promise free birth control if electedThe governing United Conservatives previously floated the idea of creating a provincial police force, but Deputy Premier Kaycee Madu said last week there’s no intention to pursue one at this point.
Grande Prairie’s city council voted last month to replace the RCMP with its own municipal police service, and Sabir and Ceci say that option would always remain for municipalities, if they choose, under the NDP. “We need to invest in frontline policing and not changing the name of the force and repainting police cars,” Ceci said Sunday.
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