Quebec promise to put $250 million into policing, add 225 officers

The Quebec authorities will spend $250 million over the subsequent 5 years to assist Montreal rent extra cops and fight gun violence, Public Safety Minister Genevieve Guilbault stated Saturday. Guilbault informed a information convention the $45 million per yr will permit the town to rent as much as 225 extra officers. The Metropolis of Montreal had already budgeted by itself for the same quantity, bringing the full most variety of new officers to 450.