Funding
Funding
In Alberta, municipalities have a variety of responsibilities for the costs of municipal policing services, as outlined in the following table:
| Municipal Population | Policing Arrangement | Municipal Responsibility for Policing Costs |
| Over 50,000 | Stand-alone or regional municipal police service | Municipality pays 100% Funding Grants provided by the Government of Alberta |
| Over 15,000 | Municipal Police Service Agreement with RCMP | Municipality pays 90% Federal government pays 10% Funding Grants provided by the Government of Alberta |
| 5,001 to 15,000 | Municipal Police Service Agreement with RCMP | Municipality pays 70% Federal government pays 30% Funding Grants provided by the Government of Alberta |
| 5,000 and under | Provincial Police Service Agreement with RCMP | Municipality covers 10 – 30% of policing costs in accordance with police funding model |
Several municipalities hire their own community peace officers and/or contract for RCMP enhanced policing. In these cases, municipalities are responsible for the full costs of additional policing.
Under the 2012 Provincial Police Service Agreement, which is in effect until 2032, municipalities that have never been policed by the RCMP must cover 100% of the costs of policing upon first contracting with the RCMP.
Policing Grants
In 2022, the Municipal Policing Assistance Grant (MPAG) and the Police Officer Grant (POG) were combined into a single grant – the Policing Support Grant (PSG). Municipalities are eligible for the PSG if:
- Their populations are greater than 5,000.
- They provide their own police service (through either a municipal police service or a Municipal Police Service Agreement with the RCMP)
- They were eligible for the MPAG and the POG.
There is no application form for the PSG. Eligible municipalities receiving the PSG must submit an annual report for how the grant funds were spent.