POLICING STATS TO BE DISCUSSED AT ESQUIMALT COUNCIL
Aug 17, 2009
VICTORIA CHIEF CONSTABLE JAMIE GRAHAM IS PRESENTING A NUMBER OF STATS TO ESQUIMALT COUNCIL MONDAY EVENING---INCLUDING ONE THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT THE TOWNSHIP PAYS INTO POLICING----VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF POLICING IT USES
SPEAKING TO 'A' NEWS, ESQUIMALT'S MAYOR BARBARA DESJARDINS SAYS THE TOWNSHIP PAYS 14 PERCENT OF VICTORIA POLICE BUDGET---BUT ONLY MAKES UP 10 PERCENT OF IT'S CALLS
DESJARDINS SAYS ESQUIMALT WANTS MORE OF A SAY IN HOW IT IS POLICED
"we are the only municipality in British Columbia that does not have the ability to set it's own policing"
DESJARDINS SAYS ESQUIMALT IS NOT A 'DOWNTOWN-CORE COMMUNITY' RATHER, SHE SAYS THEY ARE A 'BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY'
- ANDREA BOYES WITH FILES FROM 'A' NEWS
Hey, I only use up less than 0.006% of Victoria policing costs, I want a refund too....
I'd tell them to **** off and hire the RCMP if they want.