TORONTO — The Toronto Police Services Board is ready to fulfill at this time to determine whether or not to approve a virtually $50-million funding enhance for the town’s police pressure, which might consequence within the addition of 200 officers.
The proposal, introduced Tuesday by Toronto Mayor John Tory, represents a 4.3 per cent or $48.3-million enhance over 2022’s police funds, bringing its whole to only over $1.1-billion for 2023.
The new funding would additionally embrace a further $2-million for programming aimed toward increasing current helps for youth and addressing youth violence, following current violent incidents Tory has known as troubling.
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The push for extra officer assets is at odds with critics’ calls to defund police in favour of redirecting cash to group initiatives that purpose to handle root causes of violence.
Some advocates argue that rising police budgets gained’t result in safer cities and name as an alternative for funding boosts to helps similar to psychological well being and housing.
In a written deputation to the assembly, not-for-profit group authorized clinic Black Legal Action Centre says it’s “extremely concerned” by the proposal, arguing the rise in law enforcement officials will negatively affect Black communities and additional pressure their relationship with Toronto police.
