Tag: London police board
City politicians unfazed by police board’s $104K budget-pitch spending
A London city council effort to push city-funded agencies to not use taxpayer money for budget pitches has fallen flat. In a 10-5 vote on Tuesday evening, city politicians sitting as the strategic priorities and policy committee endorsed denying the push stemming from the controversy of the London police board spending $104,000 to help sell […]
Former police officer joins call to tighten lobbying leash on city-funded boards
A former London police officer has thrown her support behind a push by two councilors asking city-funding agencies not to use taxpayersâ money to lobby council for bigger budgets.
Politicians push back against how city-funded boards use taxpayer money
Amid public backlash to the London police board spending more than $100,000 for advice on how to sell its record-setting budget request, two city councillors want a new guideline on the use of taxpayers’ money for budget pitches. The police board paid Navigator, a Toronto-based crisis communications firm with a history of representing high-profile clients, […]
London police tap reserve fund to cut 2025 budget hit by $850K
Months after London city council approved a record-setting budget request for London police, the force is reducing the impact on taxpayers by tapping a reserve fund. The seven-member police board unanimously approved a request Thursday to draw $850,000 from a reserve fund to reduce the impact of the police operating budget while not affecting the […]
Queen’s Park expands constable training program at Aylmer police college
A training program for new police recruits is expanding to help forces deal with staff shortages and recruitment challenges, Ontarioâs solicitor general says.
Police chief briefs city councillors but budget questions off-limits
London’s police chief called for patience from the public and was asked by one city councillor what police will do to make people feel safer downtown and in Old East Village when he spoke Tuesday at city hall. Chief Thai Truong gave a presentation to city councillors at a meeting of council’s strategic priorities and […]
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