Holding line on pay increases

Viewed by many Ontario communities as an untenable financial burden, OPP costs continue to rise. Though often justified in the name of “public safety,” these escalating expenses raise a critical question: Who will rein in these costs, and at what price?
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Holding line on pay increases

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Holding line on pay increases only way to keep policing affordable

Soaring policing costs are turning into a political hot potato.

In a column last week, I reported how the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) was becoming chippy with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) over complaints that policing costs are becoming unsustainable for small towns and municipalities.

With police salaries soaring every year, homeowners are increasingly under pressure as their property taxes rise.

While the police chiefs are concerned about the quality of policing, one point they want to make is that they’re not responsible for negotiating the lucrative contracts that now allow for a three-year OPP constable to make $92,000 a year — with a healthy pension.

“The general public makes the assumption that the chiefs are responsible for those collective agreements — and they’re not,” OACP executive director Ron Bain said in a recent phone interview.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/08/28/ho ... affordable
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