Record Staff
In December 2019 an advisory committee was formed to study the realities of police forces across the province and present a report on the findings.
Tabled this week, the report includes over 100 recommendations, including a suggestion to reduce the number of police forces in Quebec from 31 to 13.
Nathalie Bélanger, Chair of the Régie de police de Memphrémagog, and Louis Villeneuve, Mayor of Bromont, released a statement on Wednesday expressing concerns with the recommendation that the police forces of their respective cities join the Sûreté du Québec.
The changes proposed by the advisory committee would affect not only the police services of Bromont and the Memphrémagog régie (which currently offers a Level-1 police service), but also Granby, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Jérôme and Thetford Mines.
