The Victoria City Police Union has expressed concerns that budget cuts for 2025 could jeopardize the mental and physical health of police officers and compromise their ability to serve the public effectively. The union highlights issues such as officer burnout, declining morale, and increased stress levels, emphasizing the need for adequate funding and staffing to maintain core department functions.
The mental and physical wellbeing of police officers will be at risk if the department is forced to make cuts to its proposed 2025 budget , the Victoria City Police Union says.
“Without the necessary resources, we can’t properly staff our patrol shifts without impacting other vital areas of the department, including investigative units,” said union president Angela Van Eerd. “We’ve been asked to continually restructure and redeploy the resources we have, but these stopgap measures are not sustainable. We need proper funding and staffing to fulfill our core duties.”
Elizabeth Cull, the police board’s finance committee chair, has already warned that jobs will be lost and community safety could be compromised if the board is required to cut more than $2 million from its 2025 budget. According to the police board, 97 per cent of the proposed 2025 budget is committed to maintaining current service levels, about 1.5 per cent for capital expenditures and the balance for new resources.
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