The Codiac Regional Policing Authority narrowly approved a 2026 budget that’s looking to hire 15 more RCMP officers to police Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview, despite council motions saying they won’t approve higher spending and additional staff until they get more crime data.
Moncton, Dieppe, Riverview councils still need to approve budgets this fall
Shane Magee · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 12, 2025 7:44 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Don Moore, chair of the Codiac Regional Policing Authority board, shown Thursday during the board’s budget discussion at Dieppe city hall. (Shane Magee/CBC)
The Codiac Regional Policing Authority has narrowly approved a 2026 budget that includes 15 more RCMP officers to police Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview.
That’s despite councils in those communities passing motions earlier this year saying they won’t approve higher spending and additional staff until they get data showing the results of previous increases.
The policing authority budget calls for spending $66.5 million next year, up 16.5 per cent from 2025. It would bring the total number of budgeted officers to 188, with 10 of them part a new traffic unit. The budget also calls for an additional civilian staff position in the dispatch centre.
The civilian policing authority board overseeing the Codiac Regional RCMP voted 5-4, with one abstention, to approve the budget at a meeting Thursday evening.
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