These units provide mental health assessment and support from mental health professionals paired with officers.

That would double Calgary’s contingent from 12 to 24 teams. They also said that $8 million would be invested to support the creation of 12 police and crisis (PACT) teams in each city. “The additional 100 police officers in Calgary and Edmonton will make our communities safer.”Īlong with the proposal to fund 100 officers, the province committed to a $5 million grant to keep transit stations clean. It’s not rocket science,” Minister Ellis said. During that time if there’s one thing that is crystal clear is that having a strong police presence is what makes our streets safe. “I spent 12 years working on the streets of Calgary as a proud member of the police service. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis is tasked with working with his cabinet colleagues to develop a plan to have the officers on Calgary streets over the next 18 months. The announcement of the development of a plan for 100 officers split between Calgary and Edmonton was made at the Sunalta LRT station in southwest Calgary on Tuesday. Calgary police will get funding for 50 additional street-level officers as the province announced more help to tackle public safety in Alberta’s major cities.

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