Canadian premiers sent a letter to the Justin Trudeau government demanding the reform the current bail system, arguing the public needs better protection from serious offenders.. Jail .Premier Scott Moe said the premiers sent the letter to “look at bail reform.”.“We sent the letter that the premiers had written to the prime minister … let’s look at bail reform,” said Moe..Moe said catch and release is great for fishing, but not for serious repeat offenders..“We’re pleased to see he [Trudeau] wants to have a look at that,” said Moe..“I would say that, you know, catch and release works well when you’re fishing. It doesn’t work so well when you’re dealing with serious offenders.”.Ontario Premier Doug Ford initiated the letter after the death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer..One of the alleged cop killers was released, even though he was denied bail because of assault and weapons charges..The premiers' letter said “our heroic first responders cannot wait” and Trudeau responded the government is “carefully” looking over the letter..On Monday in Saskatoon, Trudeau said “there’s a real concern out there” and “challenges around impacts, particularly on indigenous or minority groups.” .Moe said provinces need to have adequate law enforcement to keep communities safe..“We need to ensure we have adequate law enforcement in this province to ensure that our communities are safe,” Moe told reporters..In Saskatchewan, approximately 5,500 people are out on bail and have violated the conditions of their bail, according to Moe..“We have some numbers that I think are just simply too high,” said Moe..“We have, I think, about 5,500 folks that are out on bail and have violated the conditions of their bail and there’s an active warrant for their arrest. Now, not all of those are dangerous by any stretch.”.Moe pointed out that of the 5,500 out on bail, between 1,300 to 1,500 are serious offenders.. Jail cellCourtesy gtaweekly.ca .“We have about 1,300 to 1,500 that are serious offenders and have violated their bail,” said Moe..Moe said the province has more municipal and RCMP officers than a decade ago..“We respect and have invested heavily in the municipal police forces across the province,” said Moe..“[With] 140 more municipal officers working today than about 10 years ago, and 270 more RCMP officers in the province active today than there was about 10 years ago.”.READ MORE Sask government lays out the Saskatchewan Marshal Service plan.The additional officers are not enough, so the province created the Saskatchewan Marshal Service and is investing in additional indigenous police forces..“Now we’re going to add to that, about 70 in the Marshal Service, as well as the community indigenous policing,” said Moe..Last fall, the provinces and territories agreed to work on reforming the bail system and the Trudeau government called the reform “ongoing.”
