North Bay City Councillor Mark King wants to know what the cost would be for the OPP to police North Bay.

He will be bringing a motion forward to that effect at the next city council meeting.

King says the city is entitled to know what the numbers are.

“There are no other city operated police departments within 100 miles of North Bay and that speaks to a smooth transition to OPP in North Bay,” he says.

King says the OPP is the way to go.

“OPP are like Walmart, let’s be honest, it’s the Walmart of policing. They have unbelievable resources that we don’t have here for our police department,” he says.

The next Council meeting is January 30th.

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