1.9 million dollars is being invested annually to expand the RCMP’s crime reduction and enforcement teams.
The goal of this move is to improve public safety for rural Manitobans.
Serious, prolific offenders and drug dealers are the focus of crime reduction teams.
The four member team in the north is receiving funding to expand to six members, while funding will be used to create two new teams of five members in the east and west districts.
Funding will also add four members to the D Division Enforcement Team, that targets criminal organizations and street gangs that traffic drugs and guns in Manitoba.
The RCMP has almost 1000 sworn police officers across Manitoba.
