Crime and Safety

Protecting Our Communities

An Alberta Liberal government will provide the necessary support to communities and first responders to ensure that safety is a priority.

Increase the current police funding formula for Edmonton and Calgary to at least $20 per capita.
Work with major cities to improve security on transit systems.
Revamp the police funding formula for communities with populations from 5,001 to 20,000, and from 20,001 to 100,000.
Develop a Unified Family Court system for Alberta, which provides a single forum for families or individuals to address legal issues that arise out of a family breakdown.
Support and expand diversionary courts.
Develop independent review boards to deal with allegations of serious police misconduct.
Adopt the RCMP recommendations on the use of Tasers.
Amend the Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act and other legislation to allow the province to seize assets gained through illegal activities and allocate the proceeds to victims of crime.
Press the federal government to tighten parole criteria for violent and repeat offenders.
Encourage and adequately fund community policing initiatives to provide a higher level of neighbourhood security.
Encourage rental properties to be certified ‘crime free,’ based on a successful pilot program in Edmonton’s social housing projects.
Establish minimum drink prices in bars to curb public drunkenness.

Click here to download a copy of the Alberta Liberal Action Plan for Crime and Safety in .pdf format.