At its Wednesday meeting, Saskatoon City Council will be discussing the possibility of opting into the Safe Public Spaces Act after the Province enacted it on August 1st.

The Act, also called the Street Weapons Act, was implemented by the Province to allow police officers to more easily regulate the possession of street weapons. These can include knives 30 cm or larger, swords, machetes, explosives, hypodermic needles, bear spray, fentanyl and meth, among other things.

Under the Act, people are prohibited from possessing street weapons in public urban spaces such as public buildings, parks, and playgrounds. Police will now be allowed to seize and impound those weapons.

The Act requires individual municipalities to opt into the Act by bylaw, and a municipality that wishes to withdraw can do so by repealing the opt in bylaw at any time.

The Saskatoon Police Service has asked the City to opt in, and that request will be considered at the council meeting Wednesday.