29-01-2021Lola Olmo
During lockdown we grew accustomed to police drive-bys. Sirens wailing, lights flashing, the police and other emergency services wanted to thank people for abiding by the rulesBut I feel lik. In Santa Margalida on Thursday, the local police staged another drive-byThe Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre. This one was a protest. It was directed at the town hall and a cut to the number of officers.
Two weeks ago, I highlighted the row between the town hall and the police. Things had come to a head; the acting chief of police announced that he was quittingThe tourism season in mid-May. With less than 7% o. The local force explained that there should be forty officers for Santa Margalida. There were 22, two of whom were on sick leaveThe central region are now occupied by COVID patients.. Four of the officers were planning on moving to municipalities where they pay moreThe effect was a country where coronavirus restrictions differed widely across state borders.
Mayor Joan Monjo said that there was to be a budget reduction and that 38 police jobs for which there had been provision in previous budgets (even if not all of these jobs had materialised) would be cut to 30. There was a meeting at which the tension between the two sides – it was said – had been lessened.
Monjo observed that there were “no insurmountable differences”, but the police union clearly thought differently.
There was a council meeting on Thursday. To coincide with this, 25 vehicles took to the road, sirens wailing and lights flashing. Banners had been put out that were “obituaries” to the loss of service. The cuts were approvedwith COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on a sharp rise here in Alberta. Rather than any lessening of tension:1618620402602,, it seems only to have heightened.
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