Whistler, Victoria top policing costs despite fewer officers, lower caseloads


By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
RCMP generally costs communities less than municipal forces

Whistler and Victoria taxpayers pay the highest prices per police officer in B.C. at $491 and $493 per capita respectively, 56 per cent more than the national average of $315 per capita, according to RCMP and federal policing statistics for 2016 and 2017. Those cities, however, run in the middle of the pack of police departments when it comes to the caseload per officer.…

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October 6, 2018

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