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Publishing date:Jun 08, 2022 • 17 hours ago • 1 minute read • 8 Comments
Edmonton Police Service Chief Dale McFee.
PHOTO BY LARRY WONG /Postmedia, file
The Edmonton Police Commission released police Chief Dale McFee’s 2022 salary on Wednesday after a request for it to be made public was made earlier this year.
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In a Wednesday statement, the police commission said the head of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is being paid $340,000 this year.
The commission said it currently does not have a policy in place to release the chief’s yearly salary to the public — something it is looking to change.
“This practice does not align with the goals of transparency and governance the commission has set out for itself. Internal policies will be changed to ensure there is an annual process by which the chief of police’s salary is made public going forward,” said the police commission’s statement.
The statement also listed salaries for some police chiefs in other jurisdictions across Canada as comparisons.
McFee is making more than his counterpart in Calgary, who made between $244,677 and $299,250 in 2021 and more than Winnipeg’s chief of police, who earned $291,834 per annum in 2021.
The Vancouver police chief topped the list provided by the Edmonton Police Commission at $378,368.
McFee’s 2022 salary isn’t far behind the chiefs in Toronto and Ottawa, with Toronto’s chief being paid $356,600 in 2021 and Ottawa’s earning slightly more at $359,133 in 2020.
The commission also listed $327,220 as the salary for the Peel Regional Police chief’s salary in 2021 and $354,343 as the 2021 salary for the chief of the Ontario Provincial Police.
The Edmonton Police Commission has uploaded a copy of chief McFee’s contract online, with appropriate redactions, which is available to the public.
The salary reveal comes a day after city council voted to set the Edmonton police base funding at $407 million for 2023. However, council also voted to bring back a police funding formula.
PROVINCE DEFUNDS POLICE
The Edmonton Police Commission released police Chief Dale McFee’s 2022 salary on Wednesday after a request for it to be made public was made earlier this year.
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In a Wednesday statement, the police commission said the head of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is being paid $340,000 this year.
The commission said it currently does not have a policy in place to release the chief’s yearly salary to the public — something it is looking to change.
“This practice does not align with the goals of transparency and governance the commission has set out for itself. Internal policies will be changed to ensure there is an annual process by which the chief of police’s salary is made public going forward,” said the police commission’s statement.
The statement also listed salaries for some police chiefs in other jurisdictions across Canada as comparisons.
McFee is making more than his counterpart in Calgary, who made between $244,677 and $299,250 in 2021 and more than Winnipeg’s chief of police, who earned $291,834 per annum in 2021.
The Vancouver police chief topped the list provided by the Edmonton Police Commission at $378,368.
McFee’s 2022 salary isn’t far behind the chiefs in Toronto and Ottawa, with Toronto’s chief being paid $356,600 in 2021 and Ottawa’s earning slightly more at $359,133 in 2020.
The commission also listed $327,220 as the salary for the Peel Regional Police chief’s salary in 2021 and $354,343 as the 2021 salary for the chief of the Ontario Provincial Police.
The Edmonton Police Commission has uploaded a copy of chief McFee’s contract online, with appropriate redactions, which is available to the public.
The salary reveal comes a day after city council voted to set the Edmonton police base funding at $407 million for 2023. However, council also voted to bring back a police funding formula.
PROVINCE DEFUNDS POLICE
The $407 million was determined in part to account for lower than projected revenue from photo radar fines.
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