Protesters opposing COVID-19 restrictions who blocked off streets in downtown Winnipeg earlier this year cost police nearly half a million dollars.
It cost $3,908 to operate the police service’s helicopter. Police also spent $10,254 on things such as barriers, fences and removing vehicles. Dalal said police approached the protesters in the same way they would any large-scale demonstration. They also had warning about what could happen, he said, because the Ottawa “Freedom Convoy” protest had already begun.Police identified organizers early and communicated with them to maintain public safety, Dalal said.
There have not been a lot of prolonged protests in Winnipeg to compare costs, Dalal said. Winnipeg police always review operations to determine what could have been done differently or better, he added. The Winnipeg police response was more muted than expected, especially considering what was happening in the nation’s capital, said Frank Cormier, a criminology professor at the University of Manitoba.
Everything Trudeau touches is a disaster and Canadians have caught on
About the price of 1 Trudeau vacation?
Meanwhile, only arresting a couple of Indigenous guys protesting the truckers. The Winnipeg Police Service is a racist institution.
And you just know those doing the protesting are the type who bitch about taxes and government waste.
HStefansonMB this is 💯 totally on you!! Still sticking up for winnipegpolice
And🤡Stefanson clapped & clapped. The giant 🇺🇸flag was a clue that the PC govt accepted this Christian dominionist GOP-funded disruption, one that threatened our national reputation, security and economic stability. Billions were lost in this pre-insurrectionist coup rehearsal.
How much of that was overtime because of poor staffing decisions?
bullshit
whatpplcallme I rather follow the medical professionals who prefer fired than dead because of vaccines of compliance. Is it simple to become a qualified medical professional and is degrees free for individuals without scholarships? When do the so-called “Woke” actually wake up?
At least it was spent outside of Canada
Why has this information never been given before the march on Ottawa? How much has Greenpeace cost Canadian taxpayers? This open use of journalism as narrative is going to backfire big time! Not something I look forward to.
So 26.8% of the total city budget goes to police…no wonder our pothole problem is so huge! Beating people (not convoyers) must cost a fortune.
Did anyone compile the costs of 68 burned churches, the railroad blockade, the explosions in BC by climate protesters or the sum total dollar impact on the health care and police services when vaccines were mandated? Just wondering.
FreeDumb is truly a waste of money. As mandates we’re coming down they spent weeks sitting around a campfire and honking, under the shadow of a huge American flag. Tell me how that benefited anyone? useless pathetic
Cops are paid to work .
Don’t you mean it cost the taxpayers half a million dollars?
Trudeau should have taken a few moments to talk with them. It’s Trudeau’s fault.
The price of democracy
You have the figures on the Blacklivesmatter riots ?
Peanuts compared to what the government spends on almost everything else they do.
Peanuts compared to the cost of lockdowns and mandates. Worth every damn penny and more. CANYOUHEARUSNOW
We should have the MP’s who endorsed them pay the bill.
Police have no money, taxpayers own ALL of it.
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