Grande Prairie Replaces RCMP With Its Own Police Force After 83 Years as Alberta Adds $2M for New 911 Dispatch Centre

Culture Alberta · Grande Prairie · 3 days ago

Grande Prairie Replaces RCMP With Its Own Police Force After 83 Years as Alberta Adds $2M for New 911 Dispatch Centre

For the first time since 1943, the RCMP isn’t policing Grande Prairie. The new Grande Prairie Police Service took over on Oct. 21, two years ahead of schedule, and the province added another $2 million toward the final stage of the switch, including the city’s new local 911 dispatch. Here’s what changes for residents, where the RCMP still polices and what it’s all cost.