Whereas the difficulty faced by local governments in responding to rapidly increasing policing costs combined with limited mechanisms to generate revenue is putting significant pressure on local budgets and creating challenges for local governments to adequately address other mandated responsibilities; And whereas the RCMP contract policing model, which includes Police Service Agreements negotiated by provincial and federal orders of government, leaves local governments with very minimal control over policing decisions: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request the provincial government, as part of the upcoming Police Service Agreement negotiations, work with BC local governments to develop a new RCMP cost-sharing arrangement that considers local government revenue streams, mandated responsibilities and ability to pay.
