Feds Eye ‘More Responsive’ Models for RCMP’s Contract Policing Across Canada

Feds Eye ‘More Responsive’ Models for RCMP’s Contract Policing Across Canada
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
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The Liberal government is looking for ways to improve policing services provided under contract by the RCMP across Canada—eyeing everything from overall cost and sustainability to stronger oversight and accountability.

Among the possibilities are “more responsive” police service models that could involve closer integration of the RCMP and community social services, say internal Public Safety Canada notes.