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G-20: Toronto Police spending 122 million dollars for security | Police in Toronto have been sanctioned 122 million dollars to maintain security during the Group of Twenty (g-20) Summit. Ahead of the June 26-27 summit, Toronto Police Chief William Blair was quoted as saying that he
expected tension to prevail between the protesters and officers, and even warned
of possible damage to government and public property. The security-related budget
has been sanctioned by the Police Services Board (PSB), which also deals with
public complaints. Local media quoted Chief Blair as saying that of the sanctioned
122 million dollars, 82 million dollars would be spent on the salaries for police
officers, including 3,500 Toronto Police officers, 1,600 officers from across
Canada and 900 Toronto Police civilian employees. The remaining 40 million dollars
would be spent on costs like equipment, vehicles and clothing, he added. The Canadian
Government will bear the full expenses. Security for the Group of Eight and the
Group of Twenty Summits are expected to cost the federal exchequer 1.2 billion
dollars. Other officers will be deployed to control traffic, including road closures
and lane restrictions to the city's four major highways - Highway 401, Highway
427, the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway . Another area of concern
is the use of sound cannons by the Toronto Police to communicate with crowds of
protesters. Civic associations have voiced their concerns on the matter, and Chief
Blair has promised that they will be used with strict limitations. In "extreme
emergency situations," he said, officers may use the device as an ear-splitting
sound gun, which is outside its main purpose as a loudspeaker. It is capable of
blasting up to 150 decibels. Chief Blair said officers will be asked to deploy
the devices at least 75 metres from a crowd and at a maximum of 96 decibels. The
decision to use a sound cannon in such an emergency would be made by an incident
commander and not by a street officer, he added. |
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