Law Enforcement Agencies of Alberta - Alberta Sheriff, Edmonton Police Service, Calgary Police Service (Paperback)

Chapters: Alberta Sheriff, Edmonton Police Service, Calgary Police Service, Calgary Transit Public Safety and Enforcement Section, Medicine Hat Police Service, Alberta Provincial Police. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alberta Sheriffs are provincial peace officers appointed by the Ministry of Solicitor General and Public Security of Alberta, Canada, under the authority of the Peace Officer Act. Sheriffs are Alberta peace officers and carry sidearms. There are several divisions currently operating in various areas around the province. The sheriffs can enforce all provincial and federal acts with active enforcement depending on unit. Training is completed at the Solicitor General's staff college, located in Edmonton. Sheriffs protect Alberta's 74 court facilities, staff and judges. Screening equipment is operated by sheriffs at the public entrances to detect weapons and other contraband. Sheriffs are responsible for transporting prisoners to and from provincial court houses, correctional facilities and police holding cells. Various types of vehicles are used from cars, large vans to specially designed buses. Starting in 2006, the highway patrol is responsible for traffic enforcement of the Traffic Safety Act on provincial highways outside of the major cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The Highway Patrol works with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to assist in the reduction of accidents by dangerous drivers, providing assistance at "checkstop" drinking and driving roadblocks and by investigating property damage collisions. There are 105 traffic sheriffs working out of eight offices in various locations around the province. Sheriffs in the Alberta Highway Patrol are tasked specifically with traffic enforcement, and they have the power to e...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1974705