lenaitch
Senior Member
Perhaps not on a per capita basis. Communities like Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, Kenora and Thunder Bay have indigent components that are way out of whack with other communities. The vast majority of this segment are First Nations from remotes territories. Because they are indigent they typically don't get included in the resident tax base for the community, giving these towns some of the higher per capita policing costs in the province.With all the unhoused and those without valid ID I can see this being an issue here. There are alot more people with addiction issues in the GTA than there are in Northern Ontario and the need to support those addictions can make people do dangerous things.
I can't speak to LCBO policy and whether it is directly related to store security, but in Sioux Lookout they have also closed the LCBO for two days per week and that has resulted in a huge reduction in police calls for service.
Reduced hours of operation at LCBO in Sioux Lookout resulted in decreased calls for service for Sioux Lookout OPP
According to the OPP, the closure of the LCBO store in Sioux Lookout on Sundays and Mondays over the past year has resulted in a significant reduction in calls for service and arrests for the Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police Detachment...
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