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Originally Posted by smithy
Thanks for your feedback. I checked again and the answer is found in the Peace Officer Regulation (Alberta Regulation 291/2006):
Authorized weapons and equipment4(1) A peace officer may be authorized, by the peace officer’s
appointment under section 7 of the Act, to carry and use the
following weapons:
(a) OC spray, being a device designed to be capable of
injuring, immobilizing or otherwise incapacitating a
person by the discharge of Oleoresin Capsicum spray
using a concentration approved or specified by the
Director;
(b) a baton;
(c) a firearm, for peace officers employed or engaged by the
Crown in right of Alberta or Canada, or by an employer
authorized under section 3 of the Peace Officer
(Ministerial) Regulation;
(d) a shotgun, for peace officers employed or engaged for
services by any other authorized employer;
(e) a conducted energy device, being a device that is designed
to be capable of injuring, immobilizing or incapacitating a
person by discharging an electrical charge produced by
means of the amplification or accumulation of the
electrical current generated by a battery, where the device
is designed or altered so that the electrical charge may be
discharged when the device is of a length of less than 480
millimetres, and any similar device;
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Key word here is 'authorized employers'
Many employers of Peace Officers in the province have applied to have their CPO 1's armed, however the province continues to reject applications. Look at the M.D Peace Officers who do highway patrol (3 digit highways) and enforce other laws be TSA, criminal, or whatever! Why are these guys and gals, who enter the same unknown each time they step out of their vehicle as an RCMP, sherriff, or CPS/EPS, not armed?
Its not a debate which has just risen, do a little google search - which might be new to a lot of you looking at past threads which have been repeated a million times. I'm sure you'll find many past threads on multiple boards talking about this, its just the only time you can get media attention is when someone passes away.
Kind of like getting a lit crosswalk sign. You might bitch and whine about a bad crosswalk, complain to your local chamber, but wont have anything done about it until someone gets killed. Same with bad intersections, highways, etc.
Give your heads a shake, and thanks for the support to those who see what we do.