The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) is receiving $3,084,650.50 as part of the Ontario government’s more than $91 million investment to help protect families and communities across the province.
The funding is being delivered through the Community Safety and Policing Grant Program and will combine the work that began during Project Salus (2022 CSP grant), focusing on protecting the borders through the expansion of marine patrol, improved monitoring through the integration of video technology, improvements to the Gun and Gang Unit, creation of a targeted retail theft team, and lastly, the development of a Field Intelligence Officer program.
“Under the leadership of Premier Doug Ford and Minister Kerzner, our government continues to make law enforcement and community safety a top priority for Durham Region and across Ontario” said Todd McCarthy, MPP for Durham.
“As building safer communities starts with strong partnerships, this investment reinforces our government’s support for the Durham Regional Police Service in providing them with the tools and resources they require to address Durham’s unique policing and program needs moving forward.
The Durham Regional Police Service project is one of 127 projects being funded across the province for 2025-26.
Of the 127 projects, 88 projects will address local priorities, and 39 projects will address provincial priorities, including gun and gang related violence, sexual violence and harassment, human trafficking, mental health and addictions, hate motivated crime, housing and homelessness, and commercial/retail theft.
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