Saskatoon Police Service asks city for funds to purchase new plane

The Saskatoon Police Service is hoping to make a sky-high investment that it calculates would save the city almost $1 million.
On Thursday, a report tabled at the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners detailed how the Saskatoon Police Service is asking city council for $800,000 to purchase a new plane for its air support unit. The service’s lease on its current unit, a Cessna 182, is set to expire in March 2018..
While a full breakdown of cost savings was not included in the report, savi