Ontario Investing in Community Safety in Nipissing
December 16, 2019NORTH BAY —The Ontario government announced that it is providing police services across the province with the resources they need to combat crime and keep communities safe by investing $195 million through the new Community Safety and Policing (CSP) Grant over the next three years.
Of this significant investment, $1,237,500 will go to the North Bay Police Service.
“This support will play a crucial role in strengthening community safety in Nipissing,” said MPP Vic Fedeli.
“Our government is addressing the concerns of our community,” said Fedeli. “That’s why we believe in putting resources directly into the hands of police services, as they are the experts in maintaining public safety and our primary partners in keeping Ontario communities safe.”
The West Nipissing Police Services Board will also receive $292,500.
The CSP Grant provides police services with the necessary tools and resources to enable deployment of frontline officers where and when they are needed most, as well as support police services as they implement public safety and community policing initiatives that focus on local or provincial priorities.
QUICK FACTS
- Police services will be required to report annually on the outcomes of initiatives, such as an increase in support for front-line officers and/or an increase in community safety and well-being, for both the local and provincial priorities funding streams of the CSP grant program.
- The CSP Grants build on the $105.4 million both the provincial and federal governments have invested to date to combat gun and gang violence across the province through the Ontario Guns, Gangs and Violence Reduction Strategy.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- New resources to local police, prosecutors and community partners provincewide
- Learn more about the government’s actions to boost local efforts to stop gun violence and prevent violence before it starts provincewide