Policing costs down

Policing the city of Kenora is costing less than forecast.

For the second year in a row, the OPP is coming well under budget.

Inspector Dave Lucas says their actual budget in 2011 was 6.1 million dollars, less than the 6.6 million dollars than had initially been forecast. 

Lucas says over the past few years, they have been budgeting about 9 percent for overtime purposes, but this year, they'll drop that figure down to about  eight percent to get closer to their targeted budget figure.