Cuts to police budget could impact community safety, regional council hears

It’s a dilemma that elected officials are expected to navigate: how do they keep the public safe while respecting the taxpayers who pay for policing?

Presenting his first budget to regional council last week, the efforts made by the chief in his first 66 days on the job were quite clear. 

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With regional councillors threatening to slash the proposed Peel police budget, efforts to improve efficiency were made clear by new chief Nishan Duraiappah during his first budget presentation last week. 

But despite those efforts, the chief made it clear to councillors that any reduction in the proposed 5.4 percent budget hike could mean less new officers and compromised policing across Mississauga and Brampton.

Published on December 9, 2019 in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga