Cobourg is one of 18 police departments to receive funding.
$200,000 is being allocated through the Ontario Investment in Video Surveillance Systems to provide Cobourg Police Service with more tools to prevent and fight crime.
It’s part of the Ontario government’s investment of $1.6 million in Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) systems to help 18 police services across the province better detect, investigate and prevent criminal activity.
Chief Paul VandeGraaf says he hopes this will help them solve more crimes in town.
Northumberland – Peterborough South member of provincial parliament, David Piccini, tells us more about the local investment.
The chief couldn’t tell us exactly where all the cameras are but he says there’s a reason for that.
Solicitor General Sylvia Jones was at the announcement Friday (Nov 27) and says this expansion will support the local fight against guns and gangs while deterring other crimes such as drug and human trafficking, street racing and stunt driving.
Piccini expands on this.
The CCTV grant builds on the province’s approximate $106 million investment to combat gun and gang violence, with the support of the federal government, through Ontario’s Guns, Gangs and Violence Reduction Strategy.
