Category: community policing

Alberta 2023 Budget to Include Money for Municipalities to Form Own Police Force

The Alberta government is prepared to give the city of Grande Prairie $9.7 million over two years to create and fund its own community-led municipal police force in the upcoming budget, if the city decides to move forward with a local policing option. In a Feb. 22 news release, the province said Budget 2023 would…


Port Jervis Enhances Data-Driven Policing to Combat Crime

The Port Jervis Police Department plans to enhance crime data collection and analysis to develop more effective policing strategies this year, according to police chief William Worden. The department is partnering with the Albany-based John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety to dive deep into the city’s data and produce monthly reports. “I truly believe…