There has been some public criticism voiced over the cost of the Peel Plaza development but Chief Bill Reid argues the new Police headquarters building will make City Police more efficient.It has been pointed out by the provincial Department of Public Safety their current facilities at City Hall are inadequate.
Reid also tells CHSJ News there has been a 50 per cent drop in armed robberies in the city and a 37 per cent decrease in breakins which he maintains has alot to do with the methadone programme.
The new police headquarters building will take up 110 thousand square feet and is scheduled to open up sometime next spring.
As of the end of 2010, the police department was 31 thousand dollars over budget but there's no word yet on what the numbers will be when the cost of the Richard Oland murder investigation is taken into account.
