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Table 10-2
Police operating expenditures in municipal police
services — Prince Edward Island, 2008
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| Operating expenditures | 2008 crime | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total operating expenditures | Per capita costs | Included in police service operational budget | Crime Severity Index 1 | Percentage change in Crime Severity Index 2007 to 2008 | Weighted clearance rate 2 | |||||
| Vehicle purchases | Vehicle leasing | Computer services |
Accomo- dations |
Emergency 911 service | ||||||
| dollars | rate | percent | ||||||||
| Population 15,000 to 49,999 | ||||||||||
| Charlottetown | 6,840,513 | 203 | no | yes | yes | no | yes | 95.1 | 17.1 | 30.1 |
| Population 5,000 to 14,999 | ||||||||||
| Summerside | 2,921,427 | 198 | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | 139.3 | -0.5 | 36.2 |
| Stratford, RCMP | 450,573 | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 45.5 | 63.3 | 29.1 |
| Population less than 5,000 | ||||||||||
| Borden-Carleton | 180,134 | 225 | no | no | no | no | no | … | … | … |
| Kensington | 463,666 | 302 | no | yes | yes | yes | no | 38.1 | -40.3 | 30.8 |
| Montague, RCMP | 276,034 | 157 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 129.6 | -10.0 | 52.1 |
The police-reported Crime Severity Index measures
changes in the severity of crime from year to year. Each type of offence is
assigned a weight derived from actual sentences handed down by courts.
The weighted clearance rate is based on the
same principle used to create the Crime Index, whereby more serious offences
are assigned a higher weight than less serious offences. Applying this concept
to clearance rates means that, for example, the clearance of a homicide, robbery
or break and enter receives a higher weight than the clearance of less serious
offences such as minor theft, mischief and disturbing the peace.
Note(s):
Use caution in comparing forces: Operational expenditures may vary considerably
between police services for many reasons. See “Total operating expenditures”
under the “Important notes” section. Use caution in comparing
clearance rates among police services. See “Clearance rate (percent)”
under the “Important notes” section. For the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police municipal contracts: Expenditures include only the cost billed to the
municipality and not the total cost of the contract, nor any additional policing
costs.
