Red Deer to get new SCAN unit led by Alberta Sheriffs, in partnership with RCMP
The Government of Alberta is announcing that a new team of Alberta Sheriffs will work alongside police to target problem properties around the Red Deer region.
The team of investigators will expand what’s known as Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) units, and is supported by the RCMP, the ministry noted in a release issued Thursday afternoon. There are already SCAN teams in Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge.
The Red Deer unit, which will be comprised of four investigators and have a price tag of $600,000, will be formally announced Friday at Red Deer City Hall.
Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister, Mike Ellis, said this will put qualified experts onto cases involving properties where illegal activity has been reported, so that they can be shut down through court orders.