Number of Police officers to go to 128

Tuesday, November 30, 1999 12:00 AM

Of 27 cities surveyed with a population of over 15,000, Prince George has the third highest cost per capita for its municipal police force served by the RCMP .

Prince George taxpayers pay an average of $201 dollars per capita for police services . Port Alberni pays $249 while Langley city pays $237 per capita.

Here are the statistics;

The population of Prince George has remained mostly static since 1996;

Here are the population figures for Prince George for that period.

1996 78,239

1997 78,426

1998 77,368

1999 76,990

2000 77018

2001 75,568

2002 75,286

2003 76,643

2004 77,827

2005 77,151

2006 77,343

It should be noted that the number of police officers serving the city has increased from 114 in 1999, 2000- 117, 2002- 121, 2003- 121, 2005 - 121. the recently approved request will increase the force in the city to 128 officers in 2007.

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