The Manitoba government is redirecting more than $138,000 from the sale of seized criminal property to public safety initiatives in southern Manitoba.

The funding comes through the province’s Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund, which distributes the proceeds of crime to support policing and community safety projects.

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The Winkler Police Service will receive the largest share, including $99,000 to study a regional policing model in Winkler and Morden and $22,165 for medical equipment to establish a licensed police emergency medical support unit.

The Manitoba Association of Chiefs of Police, on behalf of the RCMP, will receive $15,000 to deliver violence threat risk assessment training in Steinbach. The training session will involve RCMP officers, Hanover School Division

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