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City councillors used Monday morning’s finance and audit police board committee meeting to hammer home to the Ottawa police that residents want to see more traffic enforcement by city officers.
While Chief Charles Bordeleau said he hears the complaints of both city politicians and their constituents, there will be no additional money in the 2018 budget earmarked for traffic enforcement.
Councillors and public delegations scrutinized the force’s proposed 2018 budget at the Monday meeting.
Coun. Keith Egli said his constituents continue to ask him where the police are and where the enforcement is because they just don’t see it.
Bordeleau said police continue to direct traffic enforcement based on chronic complaints and evidence, such as a high number of collisions at one intersection. All of the information gets fed back to patrol officers who can then target specific areas, he said.
He also said the force will complete its three-year hiring plan, hiring on the last 25 of 75 officers in 2018, which should alleviate some of the pressures on officer time.
A plan, which has yet to be approved, to hire 90 officers between 2019-2021, will also see an increase of “frontline” officers, Bordeleau said.
Egli pressed, asking how many of the 50 new officers hired in the last two years and 25 to be hired next year will be specifically assigned to traffic. The answer is none. As frontline officers — a catch-all designation by the service that now refers to all uniformed officers — all of the new officers are expected to conduct traffic enforcement as part of their duties, but the numbers of officers specifically assigned to traffic units has not increased.
Coun. Riley Brockington asked why, when traffic is a “significant issue” to residents, police have not addressed the concerns in next year’s budget.
Bordeleau said officers continue to do enforcement and are using new technology such as automatic plate readers to curb suspended driving. He said the force is balancing traffic enforcement with other competing challenges in the city, such as disorder issues, a growing opioid crisis, dealing with illegal marijuana shops and looming cannabis legalization.
Traffic continues to be the number one priority for Ottawa residents because that’s what they “live and breathe everyday,” Bordeleau said. It will never be the case that traffic moves down the list of priorities for residents, he said.
“I hear you, we hear you,” Bordeleau said.
The committee received the delegations and budget talks will continue at the police board meeting on Nov. 27.
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While Chief Charles Bordeleau said he hears the complaints of both city politicians and their constituents, there will be no additional money in the 2018 budget earmarked for traffic enforcement.
Councillors and public delegations scrutinized the force’s proposed 2018 budget at the Monday meeting.
Coun. Keith Egli said his constituents continue to ask him where the police are and where the enforcement is because they just don’t see it.
Bordeleau said police continue to direct traffic enforcement based on chronic complaints and evidence, such as a high number of collisions at one intersection. All of the information gets fed back to patrol officers who can then target specific areas, he said.
He also said the force will complete its three-year hiring plan, hiring on the last 25 of 75 officers in 2018, which should alleviate some of the pressures on officer time.
A plan, which has yet to be approved, to hire 90 officers between 2019-2021, will also see an increase of “frontline” officers, Bordeleau said.
Egli pressed, asking how many of the 50 new officers hired in the last two years and 25 to be hired next year will be specifically assigned to traffic. The answer is none. As frontline officers — a catch-all designation by the service that now refers to all uniformed officers — all of the new officers are expected to conduct traffic enforcement as part of their duties, but the numbers of officers specifically assigned to traffic units has not increased.
Coun. Riley Brockington asked why, when traffic is a “significant issue” to residents, police have not addressed the concerns in next year’s budget.
Bordeleau said officers continue to do enforcement and are using new technology such as automatic plate readers to curb suspended driving. He said the force is balancing traffic enforcement with other competing challenges in the city, such as disorder issues, a growing opioid crisis, dealing with illegal marijuana shops and looming cannabis legalization.
Traffic continues to be the number one priority for Ottawa residents because that’s what they “live and breathe everyday,” Bordeleau said. It will never be the case that traffic moves down the list of priorities for residents, he said.
“I hear you, we hear you,” Bordeleau said.
The committee received the delegations and budget talks will continue at the police board meeting on Nov. 27.
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twitter.com/shaaminiwhy
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