Saint John Police Force cruiser. (Staff photo)
The Saint John Police Force will add four hybrid SUVs to its 55-vehicle fleet.
A year-long study in Gatineau, Que., found savings of $8,800 a year with the price of gas at $1.30 per litre.
At Tuesday’s Saint John Board of Police Commissioners monthly meeting, acting police Chief Tony Hayes said that pushed them towards the “greener choice of vehicles.”
Hayes was asked if there are concerns about hybrid vehicles not having as much pep. He cited another study from the Michigan State Police.
“The difference in performance between the gas vehicle and the hybrid was minimal. Weighing that in, it was not enough of a difference to cause concern,” Hayes said.
The Saint John Police Force headquarters, located at One Peel Plaza. (Staff photo)
One member of the Saint John Board of Police Commissioners says it is time they become more accessible to the public.
Coun. Gary Sullivan said he wants to see documents like police force budgets, policies and meeting agendas posted online.
Sullivan said they discussed publishing many of these documents in the past but the suggestion was made to wait until the city’s new website was up and running.
“The City of Saint John now has this beautiful, multi-functional website up and running and I think it’s time for us to take advantage of that,” Sullivan said during Tuesday’s police commission meeting.
The Public Safety Communication Centre in Saint John. (Image: Saint John Police Force/submitted)
The Saint John Board of Police Commissioners is raising concerns about overtime at the city’s 911 centre.
Unaudited financial results presented to the board this week show overtime for the Public Safety Communication Centre (PSCC) is 247 per cent over budget as of March 31.
Just under $30,000 was budgeted for overtime during the first three months of the year, but the actual amount spent is around $104,000.
The latest budget forecast shows overtime reaching $360,000 by the end of the year three times higher than the budgeted amount of $120,000.
Commissioner Douglas Jones challenged the force and its chief to try and bring those numbers down.
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