Police board appoints top positions
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This article was published 11/02/2023 (1071 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Brandon Police Board selected a chair and vice-chair during its first meeting of the new year Friday.
Acting chair Deb Arpin, the only person to step forward for the position, was reappointed as board chair.
Arpin has previously served as the board’s vice-chair and had been in the role of acting chair after Marc Casavant resigned in January.
New to the role of vice-chair is Marycia Kruk, who was appointed to the position Friday. Kruk holds a degree from Brandon University and has previously worked as a Crown attorney for four years.
Tim McFadden held the vice-chair position last year.
Board members introduced themselves at the beginning of the organizational meeting, including long-serving member and city councillor Shawn Berry (Ward 7).
In addition to the position appointments, the board passed a motion to accept funding from city council for the hiring of community safety officers. The funds, totalling $178,000, was added to the police service budget during council’s budget deliberations last month, where Berry successfully passed the motion.
By law, council can add money to the police service budget, but the police board makes the final decision on how that money is spent.
According to the Police Services Act, community safety officers work in collaboration with local police authorities in non-criminal matters, deliver crime prevention programs, connect people with appropriate social services and have a public presence in the community. Police Chief Wayne Balcaen said the work of the community safety officers will serve as an “alternative response.”
Police boards are required for all municipalities that run a police service by the Manitoba government to act as an oversight body on the police service.
The next meeting is set for March 3.
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