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Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Community Safety Policing Support

Program code
BXI07 (RCMP)
Core responsibility
Indigenous, Provincial, Territorial and Municipal Policing
In Departmental Plans
2026-27 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Community Safety Policing Support Program provides leadership in crime prevention, intervention and victim and survivor support by developing and implementing effective strategies, policies and tools. The Program empowers RCMP frontline employees to foster safer communities. This work is accomplished through community engagement, education, early intervention and collaboration with partners. The Program enables frontline employees to support communities through training, proactive policing models and emerging technologies.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in the Departmental Plans in 2026-27. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2026-272027-282028-29Community Safety Policing Support 2026-27: $5MCommunity Safety Policing Support 2027-28: $5.1MCommunity Safety Policing Support 2028-29: $4.9MCommunity Safety Policing Support
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Community Safety Policing SupportThis program2026-27 – 2028-29—

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

No significant changes detected.

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

No results reported yet.

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Number of youth engagement interactions
Expected result: In RCMP contract jurisdictions, crime is prevented, and alternative measures are utilized
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27Target to be set once baseline is established in 2026-27.2027—Planned
Percentage increase in individuals who are referred to a Restorative Justice Program (pre-charge diversion from conventional criminal charges)
Expected result: In RCMP contract jurisdictions, crime is prevented, and alternative measures are utilized
2%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 2%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2026-27: $5M2026-272027-28: $5.1M2027-282028-29: $4.9M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2026-27$5M—
2027-28$5.1M*—
2028-29$4.9M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2026-27: 1002026-272027-28: 1002027-282028-29: 1002028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2026-27100—
2027-28100*—
2028-29100*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Plan2026-272027-282028-29
2026-27 plan$5,030,334$5,095,767$4,893,117
Actual

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.