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Public safety platforms

Here's what the 2024 Saskatchewan election parties are promising.

Sask Party

  • Fund over 500 more police and law enforcement officers

    "Over 500 more police and law enforcement officers will be funded to keep Saskatchewan communities and neighborhoods safer over the next four years, including 100 new municipal police and law enforcement officers and 14 new Safer Community and Neighborhood officers." — Our Plan for a Strong Economy and a Bright Future, retrieved 2024-10-19

    "A re-elected Saskatchewan Party government will fund over 500 more police and law enforcement officers to protect our communities and neighborhoods, including:

    1. 192 new RCMP officers added since 2011
    2. Funding committed for an additional 180 RCMP officers
    3. Funding for 100 new police officers and law enforcement officials.
    4. Adding 14 new Safer Communities and Neighborhoods (SCAN) officers.
    5. Adding 70 new officers through the Saskatchewan Marshall Service."

    Our Plan for a Strong Economy and a Bright Future, retrieved 2024-10-19

  • Empower Safer Communities and Neighborhoods officers to shut down abandoned or vacant nuisance properties

    "A strengthened Safer Communities and Neighborhoods (SCAN) Act will provide more authority to police and SCAN officers to address social disorder in our communities, including providing SCAN officers with the authority to shut down abandoned / vacant nuisance properties and for police and law enforcement officials to address public safety issues such as public intoxication, vandalism and disruptive behaviour in public spaces." — Our Plan for a Strong Economy and a Bright Future, retrieved 2024-10-19

  • Empower Safer Communities and Neighborhoods officers to address public intoxication, vandalism, and people "behaving in a disruptive manner"

    "Additional authority to address public safety issues such as intoxication on public property, vandalism, and individuals behaving in a disruptive manner on public property or in public spaces like a shopping mall." — Our Plan for a Strong Economy and a Bright Future, retrieved 2024-10-19

  • Provide $2.5M over three years to the Saskatchewan Police College to improve training

    "To ensure there are enough officers being trained to fill new positions and existing vacancies, a re-elected Saskatchewan Party government will provide $2.5 million over three years to the Saskatchewan Police College to enhance training and ensure the long-term stability of the college." — Our Plan for a Strong Economy and a Bright Future, retrieved 2024-10-19

NDP

  • Hire more than 200 additional officers

    "We will work with police services to hire more than 200 additional officers." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

  • Address root causes of crime

    "Address the root causes of crime – like poverty and homelessness, mental health and addictions, lack of economic opportunity, trauma, social connection – to increase well-being and safety in Saskatchewan communities." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

  • Increase funding to police forces and addictions services over four years

    "Increase funding to established Saskatchewan police forces and mental health and addictions services over four years." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

  • Cancel development of a Marshals Service and redirect funding to frontline policing

    "Scrap the Sask. Party’s Marshals Service — which doesn’t put boots on the ground until 2026 — and redirect those dollars to frontline policing." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

  • Offer a rebate programme for security equipment for homes, small businesses, and places of worship

    "Bolster physical security for homes, places of worship and small businesses by offering a rebate program for security equipment, such as cameras and lights." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

  • Develop an intimate partner violence action plan

    "Develop an intimate partner violence action plan, working with those on the front lines." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

  • Create a Missing Persons office to provide information and support to families of missing persons

    "Establish a Missing Persons office to provide information and support to families whose loved ones are missing." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

  • Create an Unexplained Wealth Taskforce to target organised crime and drug traffickers

    "Crack down on organized crime and drug traffickers with an Unexplained Wealth Taskforce." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Sask United

  • Increase funding for police departments
  • Set up a specialised task force to target drug dealers and gangs

    "We will establish a specialize task force to target drug dealers and gangs with relentless determination, dismantling their networks and cutting off the supply of illegal substances that devastate our communities and tear families apart. Working with local law enforcement officials, we will restore law and order to Saskatchewan one arrest at a time." — The Sask United Blueprint for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

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