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Fort
Macleod will be the home of the new Alberta Police and Peace
Officers Training Centre.
The provincial government in 2006 selected Fort Macleod as the site
of the $200-million police college, where about 1,500 recruits
will be trained each year.
“The police college coming to Fort Macleod is the biggest news
story in these parts since Jerry Potts led Col. Macleod and the
North West Mounted Police here in 1874,” Fort Macleod Chamber of
Commerce president Emily McTighe said.
The police college, which will be built in the southeast corner of
Fort Macleod, will create 75 to 100permanent full-time jobs.
The college will provide standard training each year for 1,400
police officers as well as Fish and Wildlife officers,
correctional facility staff and other peace officers.
The college will also be used by police services around the world
for professional development.
At present government officials are developing curriculum in
consultation with police forces.
The provincial government at present is working to develop a
funding model, after which construction of the college will start. |
