Some think it’s a hefty price tag this year for Saint John’s Finest, with the Saint John Police Department on track to run almost half a million dollars over budget this year.
Mayor Mel Norton tells us the work our officers do is invaluable to the community, however we’re simply not able to sustain those kinds of cost overruns despite the chief’s assertions there’s nothing he can do.
A contract agreement signed this past spring after a 2-year wage freeze gave city police a 12-percent wage increase over the next three years.
