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Posted: Feb 02, 2021 4:00 AM PT | Last Updated: February 2 New Westminster s police budget is proposed to rise from $30.8 million in 2020 to $32.5 million in 2021. (CBC) A rare proposal in British Columbia to freeze the amount of money given to a local police department was quickly scuttled by New Westminster after its police board said it didn t approve of the idea. New Westminster council voted 5-2 on Monday evening to accept the city s police board argument they could not hold its budget at the same $30.8 million figure as 2020, due to increases in collective wages and targeted funds toward PPE and naloxone. Council originally voted 4-3 in December to ask the police board to freeze its budget and modify its request for a $1.7 million increase for 2021. ....