RCMP Costs
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‘Big hit’: B.C. municipalities facing large backpay bill to RCMPCommunities like Osoyoos, B.C., are having to pay over $150,000 dollars in retroactive RCMP payments, as its population grew above 5,000.CanadaApr 26, 2023
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New Brunswick municipalities cry foul over RCMP back pay billsSome municipalities are sounding the alarm over rising RCMP costs. Back pay from officers without a contract has forced some districts to pay bills in excess of $250,000.CanadaApr 10, 2023
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Ottawa hints at relief for cities over RCMP retroactive pay, but offers no detailsMunicipalities across B.C. are on the hook for salary increases going back to 2017 as a part of the RCMP's first-ever collective agreement, which was ratified last year.PoliticsMar 30, 2022
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B.C. RCMP facing financial shortfall of more than $10M, prompting cuts to some services"Our primary goal is for the communities in British Columbia where we serve, they wouldn't see an impact," said one RCMP spokesperson.CanadaNov 15, 2019
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Worried about policing costs; Osoyoos asks for recount“Forty-five per cent of the people who own property here do not live here full time so that sort of throws numbers off."PoliticsMar 23, 2017
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