M.L. receives nearly million dollar grant for policing
The City of Meadow Lake has received a nearly million dollar grant from the provincial government to assist in subsidizing the costs of its RCMP.
The contribution of $770,000 from the provincial Enhanced Community Policing Grant will help fund seven city RCMP positions. Diana Burton, city manager said the grant covers 45 per cent of the RCMP budget.
“We are forecasting that our overall RCMP budget for 2016 is $1.686 million,” Burton explained. “This includes our contract with the RCMP whereby we pay for 13 municipal police officers, as well as the two full-time and one-part time city staff members who work at the detachment in an administrative capacity.”
The seven officers the grant helps fund are tasked with focusing on crime-prevention to help build a safer community.