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Ontario to spend $6 million on CCTV grant program for police forces

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during a press conference at Queen's Park in Toronto on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Ontario will spend millions of dollars on a grant program allowing police forces to expand CCTV coverage.

A total of $6 million will be made available over three years.

Grants will cover 50 per cent of the costs associated with buying and installing the closed-circuit television cameras and supplies.

Municipal and First Nations police services and the Ontario Provincial Police can apply for funding starting Thursday.

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The province says it’s part of a larger effort to combat gun and gang violence.

Premier Doug Ford says the government wants to ensure communities can recover from the pandemic without “fear of crime.”

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