The Saint John Police Association is urging the Police Commission to go to court to enforce its mandate of providing what is termed adequate policing.
Court, who's also a member of the Police Commission, tells CHSJ News it would be too difficult to come up with a legal definition of what constitutes adequate.
As to whether public safety will be compromised or not remains to be seen......That will depend on the year to year crime stats.
Court says all cities are being forced to make budget cuts to policing. He points out in Toronto, the reduction amounts to 100 million dollars in a budget of over a billion dollars.
