Taxpayers subsidize pay-for-cops program used by festivals, businesses

City taxpayers have been subsidizing the paid-duty policing program used by festivals and businesses when those organizations need officers to provide security and traffic detours, according to the numbers crunched by the Ottawa Police Service.
The police force’s financial analysis suggests it’s a myth that the service is rolling in money from sales generated by its paid-duty police menu, which offers constables for $84.90 an hour, sergeants for $96.30 an hour and staff sergeants for