If approved, the Ottawa Police Service would add another $26.1 million to its budget, bringing the total 2026 net operating budget to $414.9 million.

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The Ottawa Police Service tabled its draft budget with a five-per-cent increase that Chief Eric Stubbs said was necessary to cover its district policing model, rising salaries, benefits and sick leave, new body-worn cameras and 25 new hires planned for next year. Article content

“We’ve been working with the (Ottawa Police Services Board) for a number of months, as well as City Hall, coming up with a number that works for the service and that works for the community, that addresses the priorities that are part of our strategic plan and those priorities that are important to the to the community,” Stubbs said as the city and

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