Police force expects $1.5M budget deficit by year's end

Ottawa police are expecting to be $7.4 million in the red by the end of the year, but plan to find ways to make back $5.9 million to “offset” the financial pressures, according to a financial status report set to be received by the police board Monday.
That still means that the city police force is expecting to post a deficit of $1.5 million by year’s end. The additional $7.4 million in expenditures is coming largely from the same places the force has seen added costs since the