La Ronge council ends enhancing policing contract, crime reduction team arriving soon
La Ronge council has decided to end a major enhanced policing contract with the RCMP that was signed in October 2019.
“We have decided to give notice on those enhanced policing positions because, in our opinion, we just weren’t seeing the return on the investment when there has just been constant vacancies with the RCMP,” Mayor Colin Ratushniak said.
The decision could result in the departure of three members from the La Ronge RCMP detachment. As part of the contract, three additional officers joined the detachment for three years and dedicate at least 70 per cent of their on-duty time to town responsibilities. The total cost of the contract was $1,170,000.
In a quarterly report sent to town council from La Ronge RCMP, Staff Sgt. Dean Bridle stated he was confident the current three officers would remain at the detachment without municipal funding.