The Ottawa Police Services Board has approved a $401 million budget for 2023. The police budget is increasing by $15.2 million this year. Police say more than 80 per cent of that increase will go solely to maintaining services.
The Ottawa Police Services Board has approved a $401 million budget for 2023.
The board also approved a plan to spend up to $669,000 on automated licence plate readers using grant funds provided by the solicitor general and $5.2 million on the 2023 fleet replacement program. Documents prepared for the board say the Ottawa Police Service is expecting to buy 42 new hybrid vehicles this year.Speaking to the media before the meeting, Ottawa police chief Eric Stubbs justified the increase by saying the city is growing.
"The budget is supposed to work for everyone," said Chloe Humber, during a public delegation. "During the election, I heard a lot from candidates, including the mayor, talking about change and how Ottawa is going to be run differently, but this budget and increase in police services is much of the same… How can we continue to add more officers when things continue to go wrong?"
Stubbs acknowledged prior to the meeting that the budget is large, but he was insistent on increasing it.
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