December 28, 2017
When asked if Edmonton's police force is ready for the legalization of marijuana in Canada next year, Chief Rod Knecht's answer was blunt.
"No."
There are too many questions about the drug and not enough time to answer them, Knecht told CBC News in a year-end interview on Dec.18.
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"We're not ready," Knecht said. "You'd be hard-pressed to find any police service that's ready right now.
"I don't think we fully realize and understand the consequences of this decision into the future and we'll wrestle with this for a while."
