Ottawa Police Service budget still a 'shell game,' says councillor

Ottawa police have found a way to make up a $2.4-million shortfall in their proposed 2019 budget, but even still one police board member is calling the revised draft budget a “shell game” that will most likely rely on a city bailout.
The force previously tabled a budget that came in at the three-per-cent cap dictated by Mayor Jim Watson, but only with what was a controversial $4.8-million request for funding from the city’s reserves. Watson quickly halved that request, with the