Mayoral candidates pitch public safety plans regarding police, transit

Here's how some mayoral hopefuls are pledging to improve public safety

Public safety and crime have been a focal point in Calgary’s municipal election this fall.

And with election day fewer than two weeks away, the five frontrunners in the mayoral race are promoting various ways to combat the issue, from bringing back a downtown police station to hiring more police officers and banning public drug use.

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Here’s how some mayoral hopefuls are pledging to improve public safety:

Many mayoral candidates have floated plans to tackle open drug use, which has increased in the last decade amid a nationwide opioid crisis.

Incumbent Jyoti Gondek has pitched a ban on open drug use, and in the last council meeting of the term, introduced an amendment directing administration to e