Police facilities, community-based responses and safety plans, with attention to what each specific proposal would do. People are shown across their recorded careers unless dates are set.
Explicit funding or plan approvals for community-based prevention and wellbeing responses. This measure makes no claim about a member's position on every police budget or the effectiveness of an adopted plan.
Policy positions
1 row| Person | Score (0–100) | Independent decisions | Remove-one low | Remove-one high | Evidence status | First vote | Last vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Ward | Not available | 1 | Not available | Not available | Insufficient voting evidence | May 26, 2026 | May 26, 2026 |
Council directed a report on a proposed enforcement framework addressing visible illicit drug use in public spaces and its effects on residents.
Outcome: Council approved the direction unanimously. This was a request for a proposed framework, not adoption of a new offence, penalty or implemented enforcement approach.
Confirmed June 30, 2026 Council minutes, PDF page 420 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Council requested a feasibility and options report on a permanent downtown police district office or multi-service safety and community hub.
Outcome: Council requested a report by Q4 2026. The vote does not establish approval, funding or opening of a facility.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026The plan coordinates social development, prevention, intervention and incident response, with implementation and annual reporting directions.
Outcome: Council adopted the plan. It established the associated advisory committee on July 28 and received implementation information on July 29. The City describes ongoing action planning and a fall 2026 investment proposal; these steps do not prove completed delivery.
City of Calgary — Safer Together plan and implementation steps · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Council commissioned options on illegal fireworks sales, coordination between enforcement services, community education, shared celebrations and the associated costs.
Outcome: Council approved the review unanimously, with a Q3 2026 reporting deadline. The vote did not itself amend penalties, expand enforcement or fund celebrations.
Confirmed December 15, 2025 Council minutes, PDF pages 658–659 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026A budget amendment allocated $9 million in one-time 2026 funding for a tiered transit-security model, phased staffing and six additional Community Outreach Team officers.
Outcome: The amendment passed 9–6. It authorized a combined allocation and requested a Q3 2026 report; this vote alone does not establish hiring, deployment or improved safety.
Confirmed 2025 budget minutes, PDF pages 593–594 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026A budget amendment replaced a $6 million ongoing Mental Health and Addictions Program allocation with $6 million of one-time 2026 funding from the Fiscal Stability Reserve.
Outcome: The amendment passed 9–6 and was incorporated in the budget package. It changes funding continuity and source while retaining the stated $6 million 2026 amount; it does not establish the program's eventual results.
Confirmed November 2025 Council meeting continued December 1, PDF page 582 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026A budget amendment proposed removing $5.7 million of one-time Police Service funding for the stated fleet and helicopter reserve deficit.
Outcome: The removal proposal was defeated 1–14. The amendment result leaves the proposed allocation unchanged at that stage and does not establish purchases or reserve spending.
Confirmed 2025 budget minutes, PDF page 587 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026| Date | Person | Decision | Recorded vote | Meaning and scoring rationale | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 28, 2026 | Rob Ward | Adopt the Safer Together safety and wellbeing plan | Yes | Approve the plan package and require implementation reporting. Formation of the associated advisory committee is governance implementation of the same plan; it is not an independent prevention-policy score. | Context / unscored |
Jul 29, 2026 Meeting began Jul 28, 2026 | Rob Ward | Adopt the Safer Together safety and wellbeing plan | No | Reject this plan package; the vote does not isolate which elements a member disputed. Council received the plan's implementation update on July 29, when the meeting that began July 28 continued (confirmed minutes, PDF pages 530–531). The City's vote record dates it to the meeting's start, July 28. Receiving the update adds to the timeline; it is not another adoption, a spending approval or proof of results. | Context / unscored |
Jun 30, 2026 | Rob Ward | Request a framework for public illicit-drug-use enforcement | Yes | Require the proposed framework report by Q4 2026. Commissioning a proposed enforcement framework does not identify support for or opposition to the reviewed community-based prevention proposals. | Context / unscored |
May 26, 2026 | Rob Ward | Study a downtown police office or safety hub | Yes | Commission the options report in consultation with the Police Commission, Police Service and province. This vote is explained as a specific decision and is not included in an issue spectrum. | Context / unscored |
May 26, 2026 | Rob Ward | Adopt the Safer Together safety and wellbeing plan | No | Reject this plan package; the vote does not isolate which elements a member disputed. The primary package explicitly adopts the coordinated community prevention and wellbeing plan. | Reviewed policy choice |
May 26, 2026 | Rob Ward | Adopt the Safer Together safety and wellbeing plan | Yes | Approve the plan package and require implementation reporting. The defeated referral sought further collaboration and redesign of the same plan, and is not a second scored policy family. | Context / unscored |
Dec 15, 2025 | Rob Ward | Review fireworks enforcement, outreach and shared celebrations | Yes | Request the specified options and recommendations report. This commissions options covering multiple approaches rather than adopting an identifiable community-prevention intervention. | Context / unscored |
Dec 2, 2025 | Rob Ward | Fund a combined transit-security and outreach package | No | Reject this combined package rather than any one of its individual components. The vote simultaneously funds peace-officer enforcement, fixed security posts, contracted guards and outreach; it cannot identify a separate preference for community prevention. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Rob Ward | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding | Yes | Approve the switch from ongoing funding to the specified one-time reserve funding. Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Context / unscored |
Dec 1, 2025 | Rob Ward | Consider removing police fleet and helicopter reserve funding | No | Reject this removal and retain the allocation at this amendment stage. Police fleet and helicopter reserve funding is a different policy choice from community-based prevention and wellbeing funding. | Context / unscored |
| Date | Person | Record type | Choice or statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Adopt the Safer Together safety and wellbeing plan · No Council received the plan's implementation update on July 29, when the meeting that began July 28 continued (confirmed minutes, PDF pages 530–531). The City's vote record dates it to the meeting's start, July 28. Receiving the update adds to the timeline; it is not another adoption, a spending approval or proof of results. | City of Calgary — Safer Together plan and implementation steps · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Adopt the Safer Together safety and wellbeing plan · Yes Formation of the associated advisory committee is governance implementation of the same plan; it is not an independent prevention-policy score. | City of Calgary — Safer Together plan and implementation steps · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Request a framework for public illicit-drug-use enforcement · Yes Commissioning a proposed enforcement framework does not identify support for or opposition to the reviewed community-based prevention proposals. | Confirmed June 30, 2026 Council minutes, PDF page 420 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| May 26, 2026 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Study a downtown police office or safety hub · Yes This vote is explained as a specific decision and is not included in an issue spectrum. | City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026 |
| May 26, 2026 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Adopt the Safer Together safety and wellbeing plan · No The primary package explicitly adopts the coordinated community prevention and wellbeing plan. | City of Calgary — Safer Together plan and implementation steps · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| May 26, 2026 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Adopt the Safer Together safety and wellbeing plan · Yes The defeated referral sought further collaboration and redesign of the same plan, and is not a second scored policy family. | City of Calgary — Safer Together plan and implementation steps · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Review fireworks enforcement, outreach and shared celebrations · Yes This commissions options covering multiple approaches rather than adopting an identifiable community-prevention intervention. | Confirmed December 15, 2025 Council minutes, PDF pages 658–659 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Fund a combined transit-security and outreach package · No The vote simultaneously funds peace-officer enforcement, fixed security posts, contracted guards and outreach; it cannot identify a separate preference for community prevention. | Confirmed 2025 budget minutes, PDF pages 593–594 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Replace ongoing mental-health funding with one-time funding · Yes Funding duration and funding source change together while the stated 2026 amount remains $6 million; a single support-versus-opposition direction would conceal that tradeoff. | Confirmed November 2025 Council meeting continued December 1, PDF page 582 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Rob Ward | Recorded vote | Consider removing police fleet and helicopter reserve funding · No Police fleet and helicopter reserve funding is a different policy choice from community-based prevention and wellbeing funding. | Confirmed 2025 budget minutes, PDF page 587 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
This is a gap in the collected evidence; it does not establish a person’s views.
A missing commitment is not a finding that someone made no promises.