The Saskatchewan Government is stepping in to keep a police-run Human Trafficking Response Team (HTRT) operating after the federal government’s support agreement expired.

The funding comes as a big relief for the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS), which had been paying out of its own pocket to keep the service afloat over the last five months.

A three-year federal funding commitment through the Department of Justice’s Victims Fund expired in March and SPS was denied alternative funding.

“When all of a sudden you’ve built something that’s of incredible value, that you believe in that’s very important, and then all of a sudden there’s an unforeseen…

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