Q&A with OPP commish on police salaries and policing costs

Obscenely high and unsustainable policing costs. OPP bills are destroying communities its officers are supposed to protect. Apparent self-interest is cloaked in the guise of public safety needs. Where is the political outrage while OPP costs continue to climb? Who is going to bring policing costs in this province under control?

Q&A with OPP commish on police salaries and policing costs

Postby Thomas » Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:22 am

LONDON, Ont. — QMI's Jennifer O'Brien talked with OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis about rising policing costs, services the OPP provides and where we go from here.

QMI: What do you say to mayors who feel handcuffed by a police service they can’t afford?

LEWIS: I realize municipalities are struggling, not just OPP municipalities, but across Canada with the rising costs of emergency services. Eighty-five per cent of our budget is salary and wages and you can’t just start laying people off and selling police cars at auctions.

QMI: People are fuming about this recent 8.55% increase in salaries right now.

LEWIS: Major police forces in Ontario are fairly close in salaries. (OPP officers) got the 8.55% and suddenly created this crisis which was all OPPA (Ontario Provincial Police Association) and government of Ontario’s fault, but they were struggling to keep up with the Orangeville police.

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