The town of Okotoks now has one of the most transparent police detachments in the country. Local R.C.M.P. are the first to use a new communications strategy called the Resource Methodology Report, which details how policing can be customized to a community.

Staff Sergeant Gary Graham says the custom-fit strategy is already used on the ground, but the report makes it easier to plan or apply for more resources. He says it allows officers to plan for crime-prevention strategies through surveillance, and intelligence gathering, as well as putting resources in place in order to carry out community goals... without having to drop everything and run to a call every time. Graham says it was developed to standardize communications between police and stakeholders... and is now being strongly considered as the new guideline by the province.