During the latest Inter-Municipal Collaboration meeting, the County of Grande Prairie provided an update on a potential new RCMP detachment in Clairmont.
According to County CAO Joulia Whittleton, the central part of the update is the municipality is still in discussion with the RCMP and province about the new building.
“The Hamlet of Clairmont reached 5,000 people last year, so as a result, we will be entering into a municipal policing services agreement,” Whittleton says. “As part of that, we would be required to provide the facility to host the RCMP, but at the same time, with the changes that were announced in the city, we would also like to see the RCMP Rural detachment move into the building we are hoping to provide.”
She adds right now, the municipality is in the process of identifying the land that would be most suitable for the new facility. She says several moving pieces must be figured out before an estimated timeline can be released.
“We need to figure out what the RCMP would like to see in this building; we would also like to see provincial commitment to the facility in case they change course and go to the provincial police force. We don’t want to spend money on a facility that could sit empty.”
She says more information will be available once all the moving pieces fall into place.
