Sault police won't ask for more officers

Hugh Stevenson won’t follow his Sudbury counterpart and ask for more officers for Sault Ste. Marie Police Service in the coming year.Chief Paul Pedersen, of Greater Sudbury Police, seeks four new officers and four part-time civilian staff in his force’s 2019 budget. Sudbury currently has 264 officers.Stevenson plans to keep his current authorized strength of 135 officers.“The Sault police service is well staffed,” he told The Sault Star in a recent interview. “We ha