tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442212245523427827.post1185827223357908062..comments2024-03-05T03:17:25.361-08:00Comments on The Clamshell: Tracking Rob Ford's Arguments in CouncilDavid Hainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04966314092794378757noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4442212245523427827.post-90638233550241967352011-09-27T07:19:52.668-07:002011-09-27T07:19:52.668-07:00Surprise! Plenty of FAT to be trimmed from the Po...Surprise! Plenty of FAT to be trimmed from the Police shiny toy budget.<br /><br />Chief Bill Blair noted in this budget request in 2010 the police responded to 578,000 calls for service to the end of November — about 630,000 for the full year. There are 5,600 officers, which means that on average each officer responded to about 110 calls in 2010.<br /><br />Since each officer works about 220 shifts per year, this means that each officer responded to one call for service every two shifts.<br /><br />I think most residents of the city will be astounded to learn that Toronto’s finest respond to so few calls — only one every second shift. This is not a productive use of the time of city employees paid about $75,000 a year.<br /><br />And it is not as if officers are making arrests on every shift. The average number of arrests per officer in Toronto, as it is in other Canadian cities, is seven to eight per year, that is, one arrest every six weeks, only one crime of which is a crime of serious violence.<br /><br />http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialcartoon/article/916155--lots-of-gravy-in-bloated-police-budgetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com