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Community members were given the opportunity to celebrate Police Week on Saturday at the Headquarters Open House hosted by the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS).
The report, prepared for police by consultant KPMG, recommends WRPS could pay for additional officers using budget surpluses – but the full report, including that recommendation, was not released until after the 2023 budget was already approved.
Two residents joined the chorus of police budget process critics at a regional council meeting
The police notched surpluses in 2019, 2020 and 2021, but still asked for budget increases.
In future, report recommends budget surpluses should be allocated to staffing