Kingston police to pick up Toronto’s cheque
Kingston police will be getting a bill from the Toronto police for extra officers sent to Kingston to police Homecoming weekend. Toronto police supplied a video surveillance team and a public order unit—about 30 officers—for Homecoming weekend.
“We work with a wide variety of agencies, and depending on the circumstances on some occasions we bill those organizations. In this case, we’re in the process of doing that,” Mark Pugash, a spokesperson for the Toronto police, told the Journal.
Pugash said he can’t disclose the amount they’re charging the Kingston.
“We wouldn’t normally discuss a matter that is between us and Kingston, other then to say we’re in the process of billing them.” According to a Police Services Board meeting Oct. 18, Toronto Police costs ran to an estimated $34,000.
—Jane Switzer
Charges laid for assault on police officer Kingston police officer
Sergeant Lillian Brooker was assaulted on Saturday night of Homecoming weekend. Brooker wasn’t injured. Nineteen-year-old Kingston resident Matthew Krasnowski is charged with assault and “physically resisting his arrest” by kicking at another officer, Constable Brian Pete.
Krasnowski also charged with escaping from lawful custody while under arrest for a Liquor Licence Act offence.
The arrest took place at the intersection of University Avenue and Johnson Street, an area that was heavily policed over the weekend.
At a conference on Oct. 15, police said the assault involved a knife.
Krasnowski appeared at a bail hearing on Monday, Oct. 15 and was released on $500 bail. His bail conditions prohibit him from owning, possessing or carrying a weapon or firearm and imposes a curfew between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. He is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 30.
Brooker was not available for comment.
—Kerri MacDonald
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