Also, all officers will soon get new 9mm pistols to replace their ageing handguns
Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is looking at upping its budget to more than $40.1 million for next year — representing an 8.19 per cent increase in spending over the previous year.
The police service also sees a need to increase its spending due to the eventual hiring of three new full-time employees over the course of next year. Another 0.7 per cent increase to the proposed budget covers operating and capital costs, while Sault Ste. Marie Police Service anticipates a more than one per cent decrease in government funding for next year.
The system will enable voice, text messages and data to be received by 9-1-1 communications centres when emergency assistance is required, while giving emergency operators and dispatchers the ability to identify the location of a call using GPS coordinates. It’s anticipated that Sault Ste. Marie Police Service will require one additional dispatcher per shift as a result of the new technology. Sault Ste.
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