Ontario Mayor's Concered about the high cost of Policing

Municipal leaders are starting to raise the alarm bell about the high cost of Policing.

A new steering committee has been set up called the Mayors Coalition for Affordable, Sustainable and Accountable Policing.

Kenora City council has agreed to support the new group.

Kenora mayor Dave Canfield says policing costs in much of northern Ontario is much higher than southern Ontario and thinks the province should try levelling the playing field.

He says Kenora's costs are about one thousand dollars per capita, while some communities in the south are paying less than half that amount.