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BARRIE POLICE SERVICES BOARD - POLICE SERVICES AND THE PROPOSED 2011 BUDGET
Doug Jure, Chair of the Barrie Police Services Board and Chief of Police Mark Neelin provided a presentation to members of City Council concerning the proposed 2011 Budget for the Barrie Police Service. Mr. Jure stated that the Barrie Police Services Board is proposing a 9.7% increase over their 2010 budget, for a total amount of $42 million. He noted that calls of service have increased over the past year and that additional resources are needed to manage the complex demands on the police service. He provided statistics concerning the annual number of calls for service and reviewed the results from a survey conducted in 2006 regarding Barrie policing. Mr. Jure provided comparison information related to a number of benchmarking statistics with other similar sized municipalities and outlined the five core services that the Police Services Act of Ontario sets out including: preventing crime; enforcing the la...
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