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Host Peter McCully chats with Black Press Media Journalist Lauren Collins who examines policing transitions in B.C.

Collins spoke with SFU criminology professor Robert Gordon, and a former police officer himself, and tells McCully what he had to say regarding restoration of provincial police service in B.C. and the creation of at least three regional police services.

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As Collins explains, at a news conference Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth was asked if now is the time to be starting the conversation toward regionalization.

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Last November, Premier David Eby promised $230 million over the next three years in police funding for 250-270 RCMP vacancies in rural detachments and regional units, as well as to hire more officers for specialized units such as major crime, the sexual exploitation of children unit and money laundering.

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