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Council favours $28M fix to Calgary police budget shortfall amid photo radar restrictions

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Calgary city council votes to authorize $28 million of municipal reserve funds for offsetting police budget shortfall.

Budget gap stems from provincial restrictions on using photo radar technology.

The province is set to slash 70 per cent of photo radar sites by this spring .

Calgary police chief has criticized the province’s decision as “simplistic”.

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