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Originally Posted by jar_e
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.
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This is the part that's BS. In reaction to reduced funding the CPS will gut beat cops and put resources into traffic in order to generate revenue for themselves. Revenue from traffic should be diverted into general provincial revenues instead of earmarked back into the police budget. Policing should be a cost centre not a revenue generator. Therefore there will only be incentive to enforce the roads from a safety perspective instead of on the basis of generating revenue. Enough with the Revenue quotas.