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WHEREAS crime in rural Alberta continues to proliferate communities and impact the lives of residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS rural Alberta residents continue to be concerned about their personal safety due to escalating levels and severity of property crime; and
WHEREAS rural municipalities all share in the cost of policing in the province, through user-pay based system outlined in the Police Funding Model (PFM) Regulation, and as reflected in their respective municipal requisitions; and
WHEREAS provincial policing entities, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), appear to lack the support for the required resources to patrol (deter), respond to and investigate reported rural crimes.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Rural Municipalities of Alberta advocate that the Government of Alberta develop and implement additional strategies and initiatives to prevent rural crime by expanding policing detachment services in smaller, rural and remote areas.
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This proposed resolution would support a continued provincial focus on increasing policing capacity overall and the implementation of more crime deterrence programs and initiatives, considering that municipalities partly share, in the cost of this service provision.
Previous RMA Resolution 2-18S – Combatting Rural Crime provides extensive background related to rural crime increases in the province whereby the impacts to both individuals and businesses, particularly concerning property crime, are highlighted throughout.
Although some initiatives have been implemented following the endorsement of resolution 2-18S in Spring 2018, including the Rural Crime Action Plan, theft-related crimes and associated public risks continue to occur at an unacceptable level.
RMA Background:
15-24F: Member Committee to Understand the Criminal Justice System
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Rural Municipalities of Alberta create a member committee to examine and understand the challenges of addressing rural crime and improve RMA members’ collective knowledge of how the criminal justice system works;
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the committee develop recommended solutions and advocacy approaches for criminal justice systems changes that will support safe rural communities.
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