This week, the federation released a survey that suggests 26 per cent of Albertans support the idea of replacing the RCMP while 60 per cent do not, with 14 per cent undecided. The National Police Federation, representing 20,000 RCMP officers across Canada, has said there is no public appetite for such a transition. The report says if Alberta decides to go it alone, it would cost about $735 million each year, on top of $366 million in startup costs.īut it says there is potential for more cost-effective law enforcement by using existing human resources and the government's financial services to save money, and by drafting agreements with municipal forces to share specialized police services, including canine units, air support and tactical squads. The federal government chips in $170 million under a cost-sharing agreement. The PricewaterhouseCoopers report, released by the government almost a month ago, says it currently costs Alberta about $500 million a year for the RCMP. Kenney's United Conservative government is currently deciding next steps following the release of a third-party analysis of a proposal for an Alberta-run provincial police force instead of using the RCMP in rural areas and some smaller cities. “And if we propose any model, any incremental costs would be adopted exclusively by the province and not by municipalities.” “We won't make any changes without careful consultation with municipalities because it affects you so much, and more broadly with Albertans,” Kenney said Friday in a keynote speech to the Rural Municipalities of Alberta fall convention. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is imploring rural leaders to consider the merits of a provincial police force, promising that any added costs - projected to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars - would not be downloaded directly onto municipalities.
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