Another year, another hike in Montreal police spending.
In the past decade, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) has consistently gone in the red. Back in 2015, it exceeded its original budget by $1 million. In 2022, its deficit ballooned to $80 million. Last year, the SPVM had a budget of $787 million, but ended up exceeding that by an estimated $42 million.
This year, the police budget soars to $821 million — 11 per cent of the municipal budget — and the brass are already asking for more money.
Since the start of the pandemic, the city of Montreal has been increasing the police budget each year. But spending
