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Policing at What Cost

Policing at What Cost. Ontario and Beyond. Graphic Illustration of costs. Cost Increasing. Why Not as easy an answer as we think salary increases service delivery, i.e. Fuel, vehicles, capital and equipment are all increasing costs investigative and court costs. Salary Costs.

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Policing at What Cost

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  1. Policing at What Cost Ontario and Beyond

  2. Graphic Illustration of costs

  3. Cost Increasing Why • Not as easy an answer as we think • salary increases • service delivery, i.e. Fuel, vehicles, capital and equipment are all increasing costs • investigative and court costs

  4. Salary Costs Location Low Wage Average High Wage Year $ per hr $ per hr $ per hr Calgary 27.99 32.92 43.56 2009 Edmonton 21.00 30.16 38.91 2011 Vancouver 22.14 34.00 39.00 2011 Winnipeg 20.70 26.40 37.70 2010 Fredericton 18.00 28.04 38.09 2010 Halifax 22.45 36.90 48.05 2010 Ottawa 26.65 35.67 40.76 2010 London 16.94 32.02 39.97 2010 Kitchener 25.82 35.37 41.52 2010 P.E.I. 20.90 22.50 36.25 2010 Montreal 14.50 19.25 35.00 2008 Saskatoon 20.90 31.10 41.40 2009

  5. Fuel/Vehicles • Fuel cost have increased from an average of .87 cents per liter to approximately $1.30 per liter today

  6. Capital/Equipment New technology and new equipment means new and increasing costs • Computer aided dispatch • Records management system(s) • Radio communications • Mobile workstations Are examples of the costs that are coming or have come and are costing police services and by extension taxpayers.

  7. Police Investigative Costing Procedural Steps Required to Handle a Case 1974 1984 1994 2004 • Homicide 90 95 111 113 • Break & Enter 37 39 44 45 • Domestic Assault 36 37 56 58 • ImpairedDriving 29 36 41 42 • Trafficking(drugs) 9 22 55 65 Plecas Report, 2004, costing and changes in relation to policing in Canada Note:that the number of procedural steps and outcome categories needed to handle a case increased for all five crimes, though for break and enters the increase was about 22% and for homicide about 25% over the 30-year period. The number of steps needed to handle a DUI case increased 45%. The number of steps needed to handle a domestic assault increased 61% with the big shift coming between 10 and 20 years ago. The complexity of drug trafficking cases has increased at a stunning pace, expanding 722% over the 30 years.

  8. Police Investigative Costing Plecas Report

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