Fighting Crime: Alberta to Spend $27.3 Million to Hire More Sheriffs, Create New Rural Crime Initiatives

Fighting Crime: Alberta to Spend $27.3 Million to Hire More Sheriffs, Create New Rural Crime Initiatives
A truck travels along the Trans-Canada Highway at dusk in Banff National Park in Alberta on April 21, 2017. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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Alberta plans to create two new plainclothes teams to assist rural RCMP detachments in local investigations as part of an investment of $27.3 million in new funding to hire more sheriffs across the province and provide new tools to fight rural crime.
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis made the announcement at a press conference on March 24 in the town of St. Paul, Alberta.