I edited the post, Deputy Mayor Gibb On Policing Options/Windsor Contract to include a follow up email to Deputy Mayor Gibb and his response, verbatim, set out below.

Also, he attached three financial documents and I added highlights to the sections he is referring to:

1. Amherstburg Police
2. OPP Essex Detachment
3. OPP Kingsville Detachment

follow up question: you stated there’s a significant cost difference to the OPP of around $2 million a year; is that $2 million a year of savings or $2 million a year in higher costs?

response: I believe what I said is that it appears as if the OPP model of policing would be around $2 million per year less than our current WPD-Amherstburg Detachment policing model as per the attached 2022 budget documents.

Amherstburg’s net total cost of policing was pegged at around $5,397,437 (bottom right of Amherstburg police.pdf document)

Essex’s net total cost of policing was pegged at around $3,073,673 ($3,054,032 police + $19,641 police board)

Kingville’s net total cost of policing was pegged at around $3,391,714.

So, the OPP model for Essex and Kingsville appears to be around $2 million per year less than Amherstburg’s.

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