An early-morning news-item on the CBC, Mon. 16 Feb, reports Chief Holland as saying: he wants to hire 2 constables to put on the streets. At 200K.
Deja voo all over again: the Provisional Budget, Oct. 2014 - with an increase of 311K for 2 constables and 1 admin coordinator - this time minus the admin coordinator thus minus 100K. Just for you - cheap!
One immediately questions this as a spin to ingratiate - and wonders how long they would actually be on the streets if not busy. Of course - having a visible police-presence is a good idea. Unfortunately not Chief Holland's. If it were - they already would have been out there for ages.
Neither the Provisional Budget nor Car 87 proved doable - so what's left to put in a budget? A blog-post idea presented repeatedly as a no-brainer?
Will this then be the mojo of the unavoidably soon really real budget presentation?
Clearly - the NPD has major in-house issues. Expressed through Sergeant Falcone as
We're so reactive that we're running all over not really focusing on anything!
Indeed - the NPD frequently gives that impression over the last 4 months: verbalizing effusively - while communicating little.
If it isn't one budget - it's another!
Have never understood the rational of the need and having a City Police when there is an RCMP?
ReplyDeleteOther communities and cities much larger than Nelson seem to function with only the RCMP.