OPP Looking To Help Municipalities

Ontario Provincial Police say their doing what they can to find savings for municipalities under contract with the OPP.
Superintendent Rick Philbin of the OPP’s municipal policing bureau says a change in the formula used to calculate costs has helped.
Philbin says they were able to find a 1.2% in savings over two years.
Philbin adds a two-year wage freeze has also helped, but some municipalities worry about the impact of a pending 8.5% increase to kick in 2014.
Philbin says 90% of the costs paid out by municipalities is for officers on patrol.