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Alberta extends rural RCMP funding model for one year [Video]

The Alberta government announced it will cover the increased cost of policing in rural areas for one year.

Over the past several years, the cost of policing in Alberta has increased.

In 2019, the province increased funding for RCMP services and later introduced a shared funding model with rural municipalities to cover costs through the Police Funding Regulation.

In 2022, RCMP signed a collective agreement with the federal government, which included a pay raise of 1.75 per cent for each year from 2017 to 2023.

In September, the RCMP ratified a new collective agreement following an arbiter’s decision that gave members below the rank of inspector and reservists a four per cent pay increase for two years.

“The expiring regulation …

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