by Bill Metcalfe - Nelson Star posted Mar 12, 2015 at 3:00 PM— updated Mar 12, 2015 at 4:02 PM
Nelson’s police board isn’t taking no for an answer. City council recently rejected the police department’s request for an additional $311,000 to cover the cost of two new officers and an administrator, saying the best it could do was an increase of $50,000. But at its meeting Tuesday, the police board voted to appeal the matter to the province under a rarely-used provision of the BC Police Act. That legislation says a city council must agree to a budget presented by its police force, and if it doesn’t, the matter can be referred to the director of police services at the provincial Ministry of Justice, who investigates and then decides. If the director decides the requested amount should be accepted by the city as part of its budget, and council does not comply, it could put the city in a position of legal liability, according to police chief Wayne Holland. (more)
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