Town of Battleford keeps policing costs status quo
The Town of Battleford will be keeping its RCMP policing costs status quo for the immediate future, in response to a proposal by another municipality to move to a new system.
At its recent meeting Battleford council defeated the Town of Carnduff’s Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) resolution to request community RCMP detachments with under-5,000 population be charged on a prorated basis, according to the detachment staffing levels.
Battleford councillors Shelley Boutin-Gervais, Gordon Yarde and Susan McLean Tady were absent for the meeting.
The Town of Carnduff stated in a letter to other municipalities with populations under 5,000 the proposed resolution would help correct “unfair policing” costs. It also pointed out its concerns with understaffed RCMP detachments. Carnduff hoped to have cities support the resolution as well.