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The Alberta government is facing pushback from some municipal leaders and support from others over its plan to build the sheriffs into a second provincial police service.
At the Alberta Civic convention in Red Deer, Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis was asked why the government isn’t putting its plans for a provincial police service to rest and instead putting the money toward strengthening the RCMP.
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Ellis says it is unacceptable that calls to the police are not answered quickly enough, especially in rural areas, and he said some municipalities have asked for another independent police service.
He says the sheriffs are supposed to augment and support other police services, but the RCMP is short 400 officers.
Meanwhile, the Mounties say the province is misrepresenting its workforce.
It says only 306 of the 1,772 officers under contract in Alberta are partially vacant due to sick leave and maternity leave.
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