The Board of Police Commissioners is seeking an 8.25 percent increase in the budget for the Halifax Regional Police Department. If approved by city council, last year’s budget of $69,168,989 will increase by $5,705,951 to a total of $74,874,940. Additionally, the RCMP will demand a 5.5 percent increase in the amount HRM pays the force […]
Frank Beazley
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Kimber: police chief’s explanation fails
Tom Martin had it wrong, Halifax Police Chief Frank Beazley told CBC Radio’s Information Morning on December 1. In my story for The Coast (November 19, 2009) on the city’s striking number of unsolved homicides, I’d quoted Martin, a respected retired homicide detective as saying: “To my knowledge, the cold case unit has not laid […]
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Frank Beazley: Setting the Record Straight
It is rare that I write a Letter to the Editor, however, based on the content of the November 19 unsolved homicide article, I feel the need to clarify several points. It is disappointing that the article brought into question the experience and professionalism of our officers, particularly those in the Major Crime Unit. Our […]