Taber police department marks 120 year anniversary – Lethbridge [Video]

The Taber Police Service is turning 120 years old this year and say they have many things worth celebrating.

There are many municipal police departments in Alberta, but Taber — with a population of around 9,000 — has the last remaining town police service, according to Chief Graham Abela.

And he said a reason why they’ve been around so long is the officers they’ve had over their history.

“Attitude: attitude of police officers, the attitude of the people we work with, is second to none,” the chief said. “That attitude that we have here is very special. That is something that I have seen that has been consistent across the years.”

The service has always taken a unique spin on municipal policing that seems to be working.

“I can tell you, last year we had maybe 16 or 18 uses of force out of 6,000 encounters with people,” Abela said. …