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Niagara Regional Police are a step closer to approval of a $143.5-million budget – as well as the construction of a new St. Catharines police detachment – despite remaining frustration about an arbitrated settlement for police officers. Continue reading

Niagara Regional Police Association president Cliff Priest said officers are tired of being "made to be the bad guys" whenever Niagara budget discussions arise. Continue reading

Arbitration. It's not a word officials want to hear as they tackle balancing a municipal budget and negotiating contracts with police officers and firefighters. Continue reading

"There is no hate here, there is a duty to defend the taxpayer". The Region won't be establishing a special fund for future legal battles over police funding after all. Continue reading

Niagara Regional Police officers are wondering why some members of regional council want to go to war with them. Recently, Niagara Region Coun. Bruce Timms has been spearheading the creation of a reserve fund that would see the Region set aside $200,000 annually that would be used to oppose police budgets before the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services. Such a fund has been referred to as a "war chest." Continue reading