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Summits pay big

It appears eight Thunder Bay Police officers collected a hefty cheque following the G8 and G20 summits last June. According to documents acquired by CBC/Radio Canada, the eight officers averaged $6,611.20 apiece for eight days of work, or $826 a day.
Leith Dunick
Leith Dunick
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(tbnewswatch.com)
It appears eight Thunder Bay Police officers collected a hefty cheque following the G8 and G20 summits last June.

According to documents acquired by CBC/Radio Canada, the eight officers averaged $6,611.20 apiece for eight days of work, or $826 a day.

All told, the officers, who worked a combined 370 hours of regular time and 594.5 hours of overtime, collected $52,889.

RCMP officials told the news outlet they had no choice but to hire outside officers to police the summit.

The national police force paid 657 officers from 17 local forces about $7 million for their services.




Leith Dunick

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A proud Nova Scotian who has called Thunder Bay home since 2002, Leith is Dougall Media's director of news, but still likes to tell your stories. Wants his Expos back and to see Neil Young at least one more time (it's happening!). Twitter: @LeithDunick
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