Calgary Mayor pitching return of downtown police station
Posted Apr 27, 2026 1:30 pm.
Mayor Jeromy Farkas is putting forward a notice of motion to bring back a Calgary Police Service (CPS) station in the city’s downtown.
According to the motion, this comes as the 2025 CPS yearly planning report revealed that most violent crime and social disorder are “disproportionately” concentrated in the downtown core.
Currently, there is a community counter at 115 6 Avenue SW, but it’s not open 24/7, has no patrol deployment, and there is no arrest processing function.
He also says implementations of a downtown office will require “meaningful engagement” with business improvement areas, community associations, social sector partners, and other stakeholders with the city.
“…downtown businesses and property owners are bearing significant private security costs directly attributable to the absence of adequate public policing in the core,” Farkas’ notice reads.
If resolved, the motion would move to a regular council meeting on May 26 for further discussion.
Additionally, the motion calls for the Calgary Police Commission, CPS, and the Alberta government to prepare and present a feasibility and options report by the end of the year.
The report is to address capital and operating and overhead costs for the facility, funding options, a timeline, and a review of facility and construction options in downtown Calgary.
Farkas has long advocated for the reopening of a downtown police station. When he was a councillor in 2018, he advocated for the Victoria Park Police station to reopen after it was shut down in November 2017.
It closed following the downtown main office shuttering a couple of years before.
