TAMRMS#: B06
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RCMP - Request for Policing Increase
Presented by: Aaron Giesbrecht, Manager
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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That in accordance with Article 5 of the Municipal Police Service Agreement, the Mayor be authorized to formally request the Federal Government to increase the RCMP authorized complement of the St. Albert RCMP Detachment by one (1) additional member for a total of seventy (70) members.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
Past practice has been that a formal resolution of Council be passed for the Mayor to request that RCMP positions be added to the “authorized strength”, in accordance with the Municipal Police Service Agreement.
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
In order to put forward the formal request to the Federal Government to increase the RCMP complement assigned to St. Albert, a formal resolution of Council is required. While Administration is seeking to increase the complement ask to a total of 70, this is being done as a strategy to work towards obtaining the actual number of RCMP members that we desire to provide policing service to the community, this being 64 for 2018. This over ask allows for a vacancy rate of about 8.6% of the authorized strength.
The City has historically worked through the local Detachment Commander, as well as through the Divisional heads of the RCMP, to improve the “fill rate” of the RCMP complement but had limited success. There are a number of logistical challenges that conspire to limit the likelihood of the St. Albert RCMP Detachment ever operating with an exact match of the Authorized Strength and Actual Strength resulting in some level of vacancy. This vacancy rate is a result of things such as short-term disability, maternity leave, and the gaps when an officer gets transferred out to when a replacement arrives and the RCMP simply not having enough officers to fill all of the approved positions at any given time.
As the past practice of asking on...
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