Public consultation for the Police Service Model Review consisted of:
- stakeholder interviews with 19 internal and external parties
- an online survey with 758 responses
- two in-person consultation sessions with approximately 88 attendees
- multiple other focus groups and presentations
Key themes from the public consultation include:
- current police are viewed as a net positive
- policing needs to meet the needs of equity deserving groups
- RCMP are sometimes perceived to be bureaucratic
- general desire for a localized approach to policing
- policing needs to better understand and incorporate the effect of social factors into their operations