Updates from the Local Government Contract Management Committee, articles related to policing advocacy, legislation, policy, and relevant news.
On December 3rd, the Local Government RCMP Contract Management Committee (LGCMC) met with provincial government and B.C. RCMP representatives to discuss issues related to the Municipal Police Unit Agreements, and policing more broadly in British Columbia. Key issues discussed at the meeting, along with recent changes to the membership of the LGCMC, are summarized in this article.
With a trade war now underway, the BC Government introduced a budget earlier today that continues to invest in provincial services while attempting to shore up the provincial economy. Incremental new spending has been targeted for local government priorities, including homelessness response, addiction treatment, street disorder and affordable housing. Longer-term challenges lay ahead, however, with a growing debt and still unknown impacts from tariffs to the provincial economy and government revenue.
UBCM is seeking to appoint local government representatives from RCMP-policed jurisdictions to the Local Government Contract Management Committee (LGCMC). There are five vacancies that are required to be filled by local government elected officials or staff members.
On October 15, the Local Government RCMP Contract Management Committee (LGCMC) met with provincial government and B.C. RCMP representatives to discuss issues related to the Municipal Police Unit Agreements, and policing more broadly in British Columbia. Key issues discussed at the meeting are summarized in this article.
Last month, the RCMP began a phased implementation of body worn cameras (BWC) in the following BC communities: Tofino and Ahousat, Mission, Kamloops, Prince George and Cranbrook (including BC Highway Patrol). It is expected to take 15 to 18 months to get more than 3,000 cameras operational in RCMP-policed communities across BC.
Earlier this summer, the Local Government RCMP Contract Management Committee met with representatives from the provincial government and BC RCMP to discuss issues related to the Municipal Police Unit Agreements, and policing more broadly in British Columbia. Key issues discussed at the meeting are summarized in this article.
The Committee received an update regarding the implementation of Next Generation 911 (NG911) in British Columbia, including:
The Local Government RCMP Contract Management Committee (LGCMC) will be meeting on December 3, 2024. Local governments wishing to suggest discussion items related to the agreement under which the RCMP provides local police services in B.C.
RCMP Commissioned Officers (rank of Inspector and above) have received a salary increase from the federal government that is structured similarly to the compensation framework recently awarded to unionized Members (below the rank of Inspector and Reservists).
The salary increase implemented by the federal government will cover two years (2023-24 and 2024-25), and include the following:
The national Contract Management Committee (CMC) was recently advised that the RCMP has ratified their second collective agreement. The federal Treasury Board of Canada (employer) and the National Police Federation, the union representing RCMP members below the rank of Inspector and Reservists, have signed the second RCMP collective agreement.
As part of the work of the Local Government RCMP Contract Management Committee (LGCMC), the Province has developed a backgrounder regarding RCMP Divisional Administration costs. The document is also relevant to discussions regarding how police model transitions may impact local governments that hold Municipal Police Unit Agreements.