Prevent crime before it happens or deal with it after: The upstream battle within Peel police’s budget

Peel Regional Police

With a budget largely locked into salaries mandated by police union contracts, Chief Nishan Duraiappah has the difficult task of managing the expectations of a public demanding changes to an archaic policing model, with the realities of protecting a growing community. 

The 2022 document marks the third budget Chief Duraiappah has overseen, and there are signs his vision for change, heralded upon his arrival in 2019, could be starting to take hold. 

Published in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga October 31, 2021