Police Services Expenditures by Detailed Category, 2018-2025
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Description
Statistics Canada provides data on police services expenditures from 2018 to 2025. The dataset includes detailed categories for salaries, benefits, non-salary operating costs, and capital expenditures. It covers police officers, civilian personnel, and spending on vehicles, buildings, IT, and equipment.
Use Cases
Forecasting municipal budget allocations based on historical salary and benefit trends
Analyzing the distribution of police spending between personnel costs and capital investments
Benchmarking operational costs like vehicle maintenance and IT across different police services
Strengths
Data spans eight years (2018 to 2025), providing a multi-year trend.
Expenditures are broken down into specific categories like salaries, vehicle purchases, and building maintenance.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.