Crime Stoppers to pay for RCMP officers
(en francais)
If I had a dime for every time Anne McLellan said there are no RCMP shortages, instead of acknowledging the fact that it's a joint Federal/Provincial problem.
Crime Stoppers to pay RCMP salariesH/T to Candace at Waking up on Planet X
Last Updated Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:06:00 EST
CBC News
Private funds will pay the salaries of some RCMP officers in a B.C. city, in what is being billed as a national first.
The program is being set up in Kelowna, where Crime Stoppers is raising $240,000 a year to pay the salaries of three new officers.
Crime Stoppers says it's a stopgap measure to deal with a critical shortage of police in the Central Okanagan, which left the force unable to follow up on many tips called in to the organization's anonymous hotline.
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