PROVINCIAL POLICE. WILL BRITISH COLUMBIA REINSTATE?
"One year since an all-party committee presented the B.C. government with a report recommending the formation of a provincial police force among other significant changes, progress has been slow on what has been widely described a monumental change in addressing public safety.
Members of the New Democrats, then-Liberal Party, and a BC Green MLAs, heard from hundreds of individuals and agencies advocating for improvements to governance, accountability, training, and police culture in order to improve consistency, address systemic racism, and mental health-driven calls for service – but nothing has been implemented or even announced since then."
Our thanks to the Kamloops RCMP for the photo
According to the minister of public safety, British Columbia is short 1,500 officers.
Many movers and shakers in Canadian politics advocate the RCMP alter their provincial policing mandate to a national police force with personnel used to strengthen our ports and cross border security.
Currently Ontario, Quebec & Newfoundland/Labrador have provincial police.
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Certainly would make sense considering the hiring difficulty the RCMP is experiencing and the staff shortages. I never knew why the federal police force became provincial. It is like the FBI operating state law enforcement.