Alberta Justice and Solicitor General (JSG) announced their plans to engage with municipalities regarding the potential transition to an Alberta Provincial Police Service (APPS). This engagement session will explore the issues laid out in the APPS Transition Study, APPS Future State Report, and the APPS Current State Report.
To help members prepare for participation in these JSG engagement sessions, the RMA has prepared an engagement guide. This engagement guide will walk members through the key issues identified by the RMA related to the APPS transition study. The guide is structured to follow the format of the engagement sessions, which will be based around five themes. Each of these themes is summarized, including issues of importance for RMA members, priority advocacy items, and key questions members can ask during the sessions.
- APPS Transition Study
- Primer for Alberta Provincial Police Service Transition Study Engagement Sessions
- APPS Engagement Session Quick Questions Guide
- APPS – RMA Submission
- The RMA Opposition to APPS Transition
- The RMA Formally Opposes the Creation of an Alberta Provincial Police Service
- APPS Deployment Model Engagement Quick Questions Guide – Updated September 2022
- Rural Perceptions of Policing in Alberta – Survey Results (April 2023)
The Government of Alberta has published a website regarding an Alberta provincial police service. For information from the GOA on this potential transition, visit Exploring an Alberta Provincial Police Service.
Building on this, the Government of Alberta has also released a deployment document that provides information on how detachments would be staffed.