The Dryden Police Service is staying focused on serving and protecting the community.
Dryden Police Chief Doug Palson reacts to the vote from council Monday night, in favour of doing another OPP costing study.
“When the discussions starting percolating about a month or two ago, I was a little bit surprised it was this soon after the previous one but it’s very much a political decision to how to city wants to go with this sort of thing and options they want to explore. From our perspective, it is and will continue to be business as usual, serving the community as best we can and keeping Dryden safe.”
Despite the differences in policing models, Palson has only good things to say about the OPP.
“For the most part in the community itself, most communities the vast majority of community members don’t have a lot of interaction with the police. Our (DPS) community based municipal service delivery model is a little bit different than the regional delivery model that the OPP provides. The OPP is a very professional organization and great police officers, just maybe the delivery of the services might be different for some of the entities within the city.”
Palson also took time to commend all those involved in Dryden Fall Fest at the Police Services Board meeting Tuesday night.
“Working with the volunteer group that is doing the fall fest, I’ve been involved in a lot of activities over the years from a policing perspective and this is the best group of volunteers that I’ve ever seen. They should really be congratulated for their efforts.”
Palson adds they will always continue to be active in the community and members of the DPS will be at Trunk or Treat on Saturday at Laura Howe Marsh.
