Overview
- Mayor Jeromy Farkas will introduce a motion to start a feasibility study for a full-service downtown station, with a technical review at committee before a council debate.
- The motion directs city staff to work with the Calgary Police Service, the police commission, and Alberta to assess sites, capital and operating costs, and funding models such as adaptive reuse, new construction, or public–private partnerships.
- Farkas says a super majority of councillors back the plan, though downtown councillors Myke Atkinson and Nathaniel Schmidt declined to sign and argued officers and supports matter more than a new building.
- The police commission said the service faces mounting budget strain and warned a new station would add operational and financial demands beyond current pressures.
- Calgary closed its Victoria Park station in 2017, and current safety hubs run on limited weekday hours without arrest processing, which business leaders say leaves the core without a visible, round-the-clock presence.