Fine Revenue for Northern Communities

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 03:56 AM

The Province has distributed $58.8 million in traffic fine revenues to communities throughout B.C.

Here's a list of the communities throughout the region, the amount of fine revenue they received in 2007, and what the dollars were used for:

*Community*	*Amount*	*Use*
Prince George	$1,287,487	Extra RCMP officers, PRIME system, land for new Detachment,
Williams Lake	$ 172,084	One more Drug Enforcement officer and Community Policing Coordinator
Quesnel	$ 225,326	1 more drug enforcement officer, aboriginal liason officer
Mackenzie	$ 63,845	Improvements to RCMP building and lands
Ft. St. John	$ 313,959	One new RCMP member, vehicles, PRIME system
Dawson Creek	$ 202,761	Increase in RCMP service costs, Victim Services
Terrace	$ 191,645	Upgrades to traffic crossings at Eby and Kenny Streets
Prince Rupert	$ 264,038	Municipal integrated Road Safety member, and Victim Services

The provincial traffic fine revenue comes from ticket fines and court-imposed fines on violation tickets and the amount of money a municipality receives is based on its contribution to total municipal policing costs.

Since 2004, the Province has returned to municipalities a total of $199.8 million.

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