Sarnia police's 2027 spending plan needs review: acting chief

Sarnia’s police budget for 2027 needs another look, says acting chief Mike Van Sickle.A two-year budget plan – for 2026 and ’27 – approved by the police board about 11 months ago was in part based on proceeding with an estimated $91-million new police headquarters, he said.That project is currently on ice , vetoed from the 2026 city budget late last year.“So we are going to have to revisit what the 2027 budget is going to look like over the course of the next coupl