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Police commission wants to use money for community agencies to pay for CPS gun range | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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The Calgary Police Service wants to divert $13M intended for supports for people who are unhoused and/or struggling with mental health in order to pay for a new shooting range whose budget has gone up 130% in just one year.

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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

Great idea!

Take 13M from the police and build new homes!

Oh, that's not what the police want? They want to play with their toys?

ACAB

[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

What makes cop shooting ranges so special that they can't just pay to use public ones?

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A quick reminder of what Calgary cops represent ...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-zhuPmU4U

And gets off ...

Calgary police officer gets no jail time for slamming handcuffed woman to ground

this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2024
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