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budget By Rik Davie Weekend Star The ongoing battle to trim the. Durham Regional Police budget will continue at the Durham Region finance committee's meeting on March 28. At that meeting Deputy Chief Derek Denson "will spend his last day as a Durham Regional Police officer, fighting to retain the almost $84 million he says is required to police the region > this year. rr LENO | "We have already made bur cuts," Deputy Denson, who retires_March 29,.told The Star.. "Remember that 84 to 85 per cent of our budget is salaries and benefits, and that is set 31 Taylor Bivd. Port Perry small." : The budget police brass want - almost a 17 per cent increase over last year's budget - 'includes funds to pay for new officers hired . during the last year of a five-year staffing plan. Terry Ryan, president of the Durham Regional Police Association, said that figuring out how much of a budget is adequate to police Durham Region is very nearly impossi- ble. : "We have never had the staffing we should have," Mr. Ryan said. + "We probably would need another 150 .- police officers to be at the strength we know is > required for this population, but we have never . had it. So how do we figure what cost is really involved in policing this area?" he asked. "Unfortunately, the politicians involved have other agendas like reelection to worry tdi about when dealing with police budgets," he yz 14 £4 7 said. As for detailed accounting of how police money is spent, some areas never come under public scrutiny. : "There are areas where security and officer safety are factors," said Deputy Chief Denson. Waters Edge ch Buffe $0.99 March 16 & 17 OY MET RUT CT We have a winne 0)/ Port Perry, ON 085.4888 or 1.888 29 HERON www gqreathifueheroncasii -~ - A J 4 y = = ~ rr ub RE RE a 3 v ie, . by contract. The amount we have to play with is i . COMPLETE YOR ES CR mem id oo I CHRIS HALL/WEEKEND STAR OFF TO THE PROVINCIALS: A rink of local ladies representing the Port Perry Curling Club will be off to the Richmond Hill Golf and Curling Club next week, after advancing to the Ladies Intermediate Provincial Curling Finals. The team.of, clock- wise from bottom left, Carol Jackson (vice), Sandy Greenwood (second), Lynda Powell (lead), and Kelly Evans (skip), first won the Zone Level of competition in Uxbridge, before capturing the Region title last weekend in Toronto. They'll play next Wednesday through to Sunday. We Serving PORT PERRY, UXBRIDGE and surrounding communities since 1981 JDORT PERRY auto glass & trim wd. 1575 Hwy. 7A - Port Perry FREE MOBILE SERVICE FOR REPLACEMENT AUTOMOTIVE GLASS 985-8507 HOUSEHOLD GLASS IS AVAILABLE BROKE! INIT t we 2 4