Alberta RCMP say false alarm calls are draining resources, changes policy

Mounties in Alberta will not respond to alarms that are triggered just once in order to help free up resources across the province.
The new policy, which came into effect on July 13, would “ensure our officers are where they are needed most,” RCMP said in a statement Tuesday.
In 2017, RCMP received close to 15,500 false alarm calls that was equal to almost 8,000 “human resources hours that could have been dedicated to more urgent calls for service.”
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