Police commission asking city to use community safety funding for new shooting range

While the commission and CPS reviewed the police budget to explore other ways to fund the $13-million shortfall, Cornett argued there was no other option than to ask the city to use unallocated CSIF funding

The Calgary police commission is asking city council’s permission to use millions of unallocated dollars from the Community Safety Investment Framework (CSIF) to help pay for a new shooting range for Calgary police officers.

And though council is not set to debate the request until November, one councillor is already slamming the proposal as “just inappropriate,” considering the reason the framework was established in the first place.