It’s Time to Talk About Our Justice System
It’s time to talk about our justice system
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Communities are seeing staffing shortages & cutbacks, resulting in delays to hearings which affects witnesses, victims, and accused.
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Hearings are being centralized in Edmonton & Calgary making it difficult for witnesses & victims to attend hearings, which in turn causes postponements and delays, driving up costs.
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Without the proper mental health & addiction supports, people are being released back into the same situations and re-offending.
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A poll conducted in January for ABmunis by Janet Brown Opinion Research showed 65% of Albertans believe that investing more in our justice system will stop the revolving-door of repeat offenders.
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Our poll showed that Albertans would rather see funds applied to improving the justice system rather than creating a provincial police service.
Alberta Municipalities is inviting the Government of Alberta to collaborate with us and our member-municipalities to work on solving the justice and safety needs of Alberta’s communities.