By Daron Letts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Iqaluit’s deputy mayor is calling for “very successful” joint patrols between Iqaluit bylaw and RCMP to be reinstated, after the project was halted in the spring due to a lack of available police officers. “I would like to call on the RCMP to get their staffing numbers to where we can work together again,” said Kim Smith during Tuesday’s governance and priorities meeting. “It was very successful and we definitely saw a difference in the city.” The pilot project ran from January through March. It ended due to a lack of available police officers, said Iqaluit’s chief municipal enforcement officer Steven Allen Tuesday during a presentation to the committee. “While the project was in motion, it was a success, but the

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