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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
They can absolutely gut parts of the traffic division all they want as far as I'm concerned.
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Don't kid yourself, if these cuts are as drastic as they sound, chances are enforcement will be probably increased in a hope to try to recoup some of those costs back from the province.
Its too bad police seem to be such a reactionary service to most. People harp on how low crime rates are and how low the homicide rate is. People are too quick to forget 2008-2009 were the most violent years in Calgary history with the highest gang violence and 26 and 34 homicides respectively.
CPS put a lot of work and effort into locking these gang-bangers up and enforcing conditions. And even though a lot of these people are currently incarcerated, knowing the Canadian justice system, they will be released soon, and its only logical to presume that the gang thing will flare up again.
Its unfortunate cause chances are crime rates will probably increase and as much as they say it won't happen, service levels will be decreased. Of course, when something horrible happens and another innocent person gets shot and killed, CPS will be labeled at fault and than news agencies will start beating the "why was their budget cut" drum.