Title
Request for Explanation and Confirmation of
RCMP Officer Timelines
Recommended Action
Whereas:
1. The Township of Langley’s pace of development and increasing population requires ongoing expansion of its law enforcement capacity;
2. Council has funded an additional fifteen RCMP officers since 2018 and the Township of Langley has received only four; and
3. There are approximately 21 RCMP officer vacancies for the Township of Langley within the Langley RCMP detachment currently, and significant vacancies have persisted for many years;
Therefore be it resolved that Township of Langley request from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police a written summary outlining the following:
A. Reasons for the continuation of significant RCMP officer vacancies and the RCMP’s ongoing, apparent challenge to provide the law enforcement capacity needed, requested and funded by Council; and
B. When the current RCMP officer vacancies for the Township of Langley and Langley RCMP detachment will be filled.