Originally Posted by
Shlade
It would probably make more sense financially establishing a Provincial Police Force which worked side by side with the RCMP.
There is something like 1500+ Peace Officer's in the province you could utilize which includes Sheriff's and Fish and Wildlife members. Alberta has such a broken policing system in the province and that blame cant be fully put on the RCMP.
Yes, they are short staffed and most smaller detachment's run 2 members on a night shift or even day shift. The backlog in paperwork is insane and no proactive policing is able to be done due to it.
If this Province could figure out how to utilize the resources available in the Province already, we wouldn't need to fully get rid of the RCMP like they want to. Just my .02.