roland.francis wrote: >Police Constable (starting): >Bombay: 2400 going to 4,600 at end of grade, no overtime but possibly though >rarely a 300 sqft slum-like accomodation in a run down police quarters >building. Can be called for duties running up to 20 hr per day shifts in a >highly polluted environment. > >Toronto: 55,000, easily and mostly going to 80,000 (rate of $54 per hr) with >extra duty work alloted like funeral escorts, large gatherings, private >functions and the like. No accomodation provided but generous pension after 20 >years. > >Ratio of police in the two cities: >Bombay: 22 million circa population, 40,000 police. > >Toronto: 2.5 million population, same number 40,000 police. -------------------------------------------------------
Roland, Where on earth do you get your numbers from? According to the Toronto Police Service, they have just 5,500 sworn members. Here is their website for reference: http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/ Mervyn BTW, if you want to follow the money, the Toronto Police budget is a billion dollars.
