Police budget suffers from 'unrealistic' projections at collision reporting centres

Collision reporting centres were supposed to provide the Ottawa Police Service with a rare source of revenue, but for the past four years they have only brought financial heartbreak to the force.
The reporting centres will have registered a combined $3.85-million budget shortfall since they opened in 2014.
The collision reporting centres were born from a service initiative designed to find operational and financial efficiencies.
The centres save patrol officers from responding to minor cras