琉璃神社鈥檚 RCMP Superintendent has assured city council the detachment will be ready for what鈥檚 likely to be a hectic tourist season.

During Monday鈥檚 (May 30) council meeting Supt. Kara Triance was asked what planning and resources were in place.

鈥淚t鈥檚 like the world has found 琉璃神社,鈥� said Councillor Mohini Singh. 鈥淚 expect this will be a busy summer.鈥�

Triance said the detachment has adequate numbers and is bringing in resources from around the province to ensure proper staffing.

鈥淚 was able to share an internal document with our team talking about resources we鈥檙e seeing staffed to 琉璃神社 over the next three to four months,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hat really will help some of those numbers match provincial levels of vacancy rates.鈥�

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Councillor Ryan Donn brought up the issue of the 琉璃神社 force currently dealing with a 20 per cent staffing gap.

鈥淎s you know, we鈥檝e worked very hard to fund, frankly, as much RCMP as our community could afford,鈥� added Donn. 鈥淭hen I see the fact we don鈥檛 have the people in the community doing that role, and I think it鈥檚 tough for a lot of us because it forced you to make some very tough choices.鈥�

Triance answered that the detachment is seeing prioritization from the RCMP national staffing program, and recruitment of officers.

鈥淚 would expect to see our staffing rates come up quite significantly in the next 90 days.鈥�

She pointed out there are two issues to consider. The funding of officers and staffing of officers.

鈥淭hat is the part where I鈥檝e been speaking publicly about is the placing of officers in the positions funded by the city and making sure that we can get to an adequate level of police officers in boots on the ground.鈥�

Triance added she believes 琉璃神社 will be on par with the rest of the province to a manageable level by September.

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