Provincial police force an option, says former B.C. solicitor general
The stoppage in negotiations between the province and the RCMP is the perfect time to begin looking at a provincial police force, says B.C. former solicitor general, the Vancouver Province reports.
Kash Heed said the province should step back and look at what effective, efficient and accountable police service looks like for the province.
The federal government issued an ultimatum to B.C. that if the provincial government didn’t sign the RCMP contact by Nov. 30, it would pull all RCMP officers out of the province by 2014.
An independent panel should be set up to examine what the structure of that police force would look like, Heed said.
