Police chief says request for short-term contract extension was denied

Outgoing city police Chief Rod Knecht says he asked the Edmonton Police Commission for a short-term contract extension in order to develop a series of initiatives, a request that was ultimately turned down.
Knecht, whose contract ends on Oct. 31, asked to stay on until the end of June 2019 in order to set up a cyber crimes strategy and increase cyber crime investigative capacity for the service as well as ensure the successful launch of the operations and intelligence command centre in the secon