A lengthy report on policing in Moncton, Riverview and Dieppe says the region should continue using the RCMP for policing services, rather than create a new municipal police force.

An assistant political science professor at Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., says that to avoid controversy, councillors should've waited to implement the salary increases.

If recommendations are accepted by council, the mayor's salary, which is currently $35,825, would year-by-year grow to $78,000 by 2024.