Police suspensions across eastern Ontario have cost taxpayers about $24 million over the past decade making up nearly a fifth of all salaries provided to Ontario officers who were taken off the job while under investigation for alleged wrongdoing.
Police forces in northwestern Ontario have paid an estimated total of at least $3.4 million to 15 suspended officers since 2013, according to information revealed as part of a CBC News analysis of police services across the province.
Police suspensions across Ontario have cost taxpayers approximately $134 million over the past 11 years, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News that surveyed reports about hundreds of officers who were sent home with pay after being accused of misconduct or breaking the law.