Due to staffing shortages and to better disperse workload amongst officers, there will be a temporary amalgamation of the police resources in Flin Flon, Cranberry and Snow Lake.
Tara Seel who is the Media Relations Officer for Manitoba discusses how the plan will work. " What this means is that all three detachments will remain open, the infrastructure will stay in place and resources will be shared. All three communities will continue to have police services and that is important to stress. Nobody is losing police here, they will continue to have police and calls for service will continue to be responded to on a priority basis like they are now. We really do need to recognize our current staffing models are going to lead to officer burn out, we can't continue this way and keep everyone including our officers safe. We have heard and understand the communities concern's when it comes to the change and makeup of ploicing services. We stress the detachments will remain open and there will be a continued police presence."
Seel wanted to stress that this amalgamation is only temporary and if the plan needs to change they will find alternate measures. This change will come into effect October the 5th.
If you require further information you can contact your local detachments.
