The Week at Toronto City Hall for the week of January 22 through January 26, 2024, featuring over 100 budget deputations, police horses, a NIMBY vibe check in the Annex, and a chart of salaries
1. If things are so bad with the 1.1 billion TPS, why are they only asking for $20 million. Seriously they make it sound like the city is burning to the ground. Even the Association request is barely a rounding error in the budget?
2. Outcomes. Didnt we give them an extra 20 million last year? And things got
3. Hiring? How many new officers of the ones they expected to hire did they actually hire?
4. Staffing. For all the focus on administrative bloat at colleges and universities, someone must be asking similar questions of the Police Services right? How has the balance of office staff versus uniformed staff (i dont know the right words) changed over time?
All great points, Jeff! Linking budget to outcomes is something I'd really like to see, both with the police and other departments and agencies. The budget request cites increasing crime rates, but a lot of the increase is auto theft, for example -- I'd love to hear specifics about how extra spending on more cops will be targeted to reduce that. (Of course, I'd also like some analysis of whether regulatory/policy changes would be more effective than police spending.)
1. If things are so bad with the 1.1 billion TPS, why are they only asking for $20 million. Seriously they make it sound like the city is burning to the ground. Even the Association request is barely a rounding error in the budget?
2. Outcomes. Didnt we give them an extra 20 million last year? And things got
3. Hiring? How many new officers of the ones they expected to hire did they actually hire?
4. Staffing. For all the focus on administrative bloat at colleges and universities, someone must be asking similar questions of the Police Services right? How has the balance of office staff versus uniformed staff (i dont know the right words) changed over time?
All great points, Jeff! Linking budget to outcomes is something I'd really like to see, both with the police and other departments and agencies. The budget request cites increasing crime rates, but a lot of the increase is auto theft, for example -- I'd love to hear specifics about how extra spending on more cops will be targeted to reduce that. (Of course, I'd also like some analysis of whether regulatory/policy changes would be more effective than police spending.)