City of Red Deer
Red Deer Police Review: City Council asks for more information, including transition plan information from other cities
From The City of Red Deer
City Council tables Police Review
At today’s Special Council Meeting, City Council heard the Police Review report.
City Council directed to table the report to receive more information from Administration and to invite public feedback. Administration will bring back the report, with additional information, to City Council for discussion in the first quarter of 2020.
City Council requested more information on
- collision centres,
- auxiliary policing,
- enhanced authority of Community Peace Officers,
- crime mapping,
- existing levels of service as outlined in the Annual Policing Plan,
- deployment of officers
- and use of technology (voice recorders).
- Council also requested more information about salary comparators between municipal police services and the RCMP and the projected salary increases for the RCMP under unionization,
- as well as transition plan information from other municipalities.
- Maclean’s Most Dangerous Cities rankings from the past ten years will also be provided to Council as requested.
“Community safety is our number one priority and policing is a significant component of ensuring public safety,” said Mayor Tara Veer. “This is one of the most significant decisions City Council will make this term and the decision will not be made lightly. Today we directed Administration to bring additional information in Q1 of 2020 to inform Council’s decision, and it is imperative to allow time for public feedback.”
In November 2018, City Council directed Administration to undertake an independent review of policing services in Red Deer. The review is comprised of two parts, a Governance Review that identifies the opportunities and challenges with various policing operating models, as well as a Service Review with recommendations on enhancing services with the existing RCMP contract.
As part of the Service Review, Red Deer was compared to other cities with either RCMP contracts or their own municipal police service. The report shows that the cost of policing in Red Deer is comparable to other similar sized cities, while the Red Deer detachment has higher caseloads per full time equivalent employee.
The budget for the Police Review was approved at $200,000.
Red Deerians and historical researchers are invited to browse photographs from the Red Deer Advocate via a new digital archives collection that launched Tuesday, June 6.
“These photographs have been a great resource tucked away inside the Red Deer Advocate’s collection for many years,” said Jillian Staniec, Archives Coordinator. “It’s wonderful to now have the permission from Red Deer Advocate and BlackPress Media to share them with the public.”
Over 1,000 images have already been added to the online Red Deer Advocate Collection, which can be viewed at https://reddeer.access.preservica.com/. The physical collection contains over 40,000 photographs of Red Deer’s history and is available in-house for anyone to search and access.
“The Red Deer Advocate has a long and storied history in our community. We are thrilled and grateful that The City of Red Deer and Red Deer Archives has been able digitize hundreds of photographs from our publication, which will help citizens enjoy a trip down memory lane and reconnect with historical events” added Byron Hackett, Managing Editor of the Red Deer Advocate.
As work continues to upload the entire collection online, thousands of images have yet to be listed and digitized; the online collection will continue to grow over the coming years. Researchers are encouraged to contact the Red Deer Archives for assistance if they do not find the images they are looking for while browsing the digital collection.
Red Deer Archives welcomes anyone with historical photos or videos related to Red Deer and area to consider donating these items to the community’s collection. For more information, please visit reddeer.ca/archives.
Mike Olesen joins City of Red Deer leadership team
“I have every confidence Mike will be an invaluable asset to our general management leadership team and to our organization. His drive to build community and the pride for our city aligns with the values of our organization where we put our citizens and businesses at the centre of what we do at The City,” said Lodewyk. “He will be meeting people and learning the many business lines at The City for the first few months as General Manager. By mid-July he will begin his work leading specific departments.”
Peavey Industries LP, the Red Deer-based retailer, has announced the acquisition of long-term partner and fellow Red Deer stalwart, Guy’s Freightways.
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