Correction

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Councillor Rob Lantz
on April 15, 2009
in Media, News and Police
. 1 Comment

A front page story in the Guardian today requires a correction. Although I only read the online version, which was updated this morning after I spoke to the reporter, I can only assume the print edition repeats the same mistake: that the City will be paying police officers for off duty work performed for third-party clients. This work is known as Paid Duty, or Extra Duty. The story strongly implied that the cost of this work would be a new expense and that taxpayers would be subsidizing security for private businesses.

Not true. Members of the Charlottetown Police Service will continue to perform Extra Duty, but clients will be invoiced for the service and payment will be through the Police’s regular payroll. User pays — not the taxpayer. Big difference.

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  1. 1 Councillor Rob Lantz
    April 16, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    You may have noticed the following in today’s Guardian:

    CLEARING THE RECORD
    A story in Wednesday’s Guardian may have left readers with the impression the city is picking up the tab for off-duty security work its police officers provide for bars and nightclubs.
    The police department will be paying the officers for that work but the department will, in turn, bill those bars and nightclubs for services rendered. In the past, the establishments dealt with the officers directly by paying them. This corrects information supplied to The Guardian.

    I would quibble with the final sentence, however. I clearly said that clients would be invoiced for the cost of the service.

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