Created out of necessity due to a war-driven Mountie staff shortage, the APP enforced laws for 15 years, starting in 1917.
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“ were quite happy with the Alberta provincial police but they seem to have been equally happy to have the RCMP back.”Article contentPhoto by Provincial Archives of AlbertaMacleod says when Alberta was established as a province in 1905, the federal government was seeking to keep control over natural resources and offered to let the new province use the Royal North-West Mounted Police under contract as provincial police forces.
“So much of the time of the mounted police was taken up enforcing provincial laws that the police could not give the attention required in patrolling the districts settled by alien enemies, and other duties arising out of the war,” read the Feb. 5, 1917 edition ofA police checkpoint set up by members of the Alberta Provincial Police near Coleman, Alta.Mounties also struggled with enforcing Prohibition laws, which were popular in rural areas but much less so in cities.
The new service was initially unpopular due to its roles enforcing Prohibition laws and in labour disputes, including theOperating costs more than quadrupled and staffing became an early challenge as well. Nearly a third of the APP’s members resigned within its first year, prompting calls in the Alberta Legislature for an investigation.Article content
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