Prince George RCMP Supt. Shaun Wright largely agrees with the findings of an independent report presented to city council on Wednesday.
Prince George’s top cop agrees with a consultant's report calling for Prince George city council to approve funding for 19 more RCMP officers and 11 or more additional civilian staff to address rising crime in the city.
“I think it is a very achievable goal, despite the recruitment and retention challenges all first responders are facing,” Wright said. “ if we had 200 more, we would find places to deploy them.” The report recommends hiring four school resource officers, a four-member youth liaison team, a four-member community policing team, four neighbourhood police officers, a two-officer Human-centred Engagement and Liaison Partnership unit based on the model used by the Edmonton Police Service to work with the city’s vulnerable population, and an additional Car 60 unit which has a mental health nurse working alongside an RCMP officer.
The report authors recommended hiring the additional officers over three years, while city staff are recommending the additional officers and civilian staff be hired over five years by adding roughly $1 million per year to the city’s roughly $30 million RCMP budget each year until 2027.
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