Langham residents vote 91 per cent against starting a police force

Langham residents have voted overwhelmingly against forming a municipal police force.
In a plebiscite on Wednesday, fewer than 10 per cent of people who cast ballots were in favour of hiking property taxes in order to hire three local officers to police the town of 1,500. The final tally was 38 votes in favour of starting a local police force and 406 votes against.
Policing in the Town of Langham, as in most rural Saskatchewan communities, is done by the RCMP. Many residents feel the national fo