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  1. CKMS News – 2023-10-20 – Councilor Deutschmann wants police to adhere to council resolutions.

    Today’s episode features an interview with Waterloo Regional councilor Rob Deutschmann, discussing the motivations behind his motion including how the police ignoring the council’s previous requests for early engagement are “disrespectful” and quite disruptive to the overall budget process as it typically represents around ⅓ of the overall budget.

    radiowaterloo.ca/ckms-news-202

    #listen #podcast #KitWat #police #policebudget #WaterlooRegion

  2. I think that reallocating the unspent portion of the police budget is only part of the solution -- really, the Region should stop budgeting for a surplus at all and proactively allocate that money to preventative services. What other municipal agencies budget for a surplus position? #WaterlooRegion #PoliceBudget therecord.com/news/waterloo-re

  3. Yesterday, Beaches-East York Councillor Brad Bradford flat-out accused new Councillor Alejandra Bravo of "defunding the police" for a motion to slightly reduce their budget *increase*. Shameful histrionics which tell me he's likely accepted the Ontario PC Party's offer to become their next right-wing mayor.

    Here's what Bradford said about tiny adjustments to the Toronto Police budget 2.5 years ago, by the way.

    #TOPoli #Toronto #TorontoPolice #Police #PoliceBudget #Budget