Alberta RCMP announces child abuse centres to get full-time officers

The head of Alberta’s RCMP has announced where some of the province’s 40 new officers will be stationed.
   

The Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre in Calgary and the Zebra Child Protection Centre in Edmonton are each getting one Mountie full time.
   

Commanding Officer Marianne Ryan says officers in the past have worked closely with city police at both centres and it’s important for them to be on site full time.
   

She says some Mounties will be assigned to emergency response duties to help with natural disasters, such as the extensive flooding that hit southern Alberta last year.
   

The government announced the 40 new positions in the provincial budget last month as part of its $227-million policing contract with the RCMP.
   

Last year, the province spent $214 million on the RCMP, which added 26 officers to the force.

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