Edmonton's police chief says the force is working to repair its relationship with Crown prosecutors after provoking a public confrontation with them over a plea deal in a child killing.

"We're hoping ... we won't have to do that again," Chief Warren Driechel told reporters Friday, after he was formally promoted from interim chief to the top job.

"It was a last resort for us to try to get some kind of traction or motion forward. This was about us trying to open up that dialogue."

Driechel made headlines earlier this month when he urged Alberta's justice ministry, in a public letter, to overturn a pending plea deal for a woman charged with killing an eight-year-old girl.

Police said the deal for the woman facing second-degree murder to plead guilty to manslaughter, which typically carrie

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