Whereas the Municipal Police Service Agreement and Municipal Police Unit Agreements expire in 2032; And whereas small municipalities that will cross the population threshold of 5,000 between the 2026 and 2031 censuses need to begin planning now to manage the increased policing costs that will devolve to them in 2032: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM work with the RCMP, Public Safety Canada, and the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General to ensure that a new contract policing framework to replace the Municipal Police Service Agreement and the Municipal Police Unit Agreements in 2032 establishes transparency and a fair allocation of police costs to municipalities, mitigates the concerns of small municipalities summarized in the federal governments Contract Policing Assessment: What We Heard report, and incorporates the recommendations of the Local Government Police Modernization Roundtable.
