That is good to hear. I am concerned with the type of services that we get after normal working hours, particularly in the late hours of the day. In many communities in the NWT, if there is a need for the services, the phone call is automatically transferred into Yellowknife and then dispatched from Yellowknife to the community. What really bothers me is that we pay 70 per cent of their costs, but the services for that percentage and this $1.1 million is only a portion that we spend. We spent $23 million for police services in the NWT and we do not get full 24 hour services in the communities. There are many communities that do not even get services from a police officer. Are they looking at alternatives to ensure that police services will be available to the public after the normal working hours, when they place on these dispatch services where members have to be called in a community on a concern that pertains to that particular community?
Jeannie Marie-Jewell on Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 26th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 26th, 1992
Page 489
Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
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