Lambton County policing grant expected to continue in 2027

A Lambton County grant to help its municipalities pay for policing may remain in place next year even though funding for it often comes up short.The annual $600,000 policing grant, shared by Lambton’s 11 municipalities based on their property assessment, was to be funded by fine revenue from the local provincial offences court Lambton has run since 1999.But that revenue, which also funds court operations, including rising security needs, has come up short in 12 of the last 18 years, a cou