The Peterborough Police Service will receive more than $500,000 of additional funding through two Provincial funding programs, Peterborough–Kawartha MPP Dave Smith announced at a press conference on Monday, October 26th.
Smith made the announcement Monday, October 26th, at a press conference with mayor Jeff Leal and Peterborough Police Chief Stu Betts.
The funding comes in the form of two grants: $291,996.10 from the Preventing Auto Thefts Grant Program, and $243,305.11 from the Proceeds of Crime Front-Line Policing Grant.
Betts said the grants will help the service acquire new technology and equipment they hope to deploy in service of stopping auto theft and other crime in the city.
Listen to hear clips from the October 26th press conference and a subsequent media scrum.
