Brockton facing second highest OPP bill [Video]

The cost of policing in the Municipality of Brockton just went way up.

“Huge jump. Brockton will have the second highest OPP costs in all of Ontario, second behind Fort Frances,” said Chris Peabody, Municipality of Brockton mayor.

Brockton, which includes Walkerton, has been handed a 30 per cent increase in policing costs. From roughly $2.5 million in 2024, to nearly $3.3 million in 2025.

While a 4.75 per cent increase in yearly OPP officer salaries accounts for some of the increase, a nearly doubling of court security and prisoner transportation costs for the Bruce County Courthouse, located in Walkerton, is what really hits hard, according to Peabody.

“We’re talking 900,000 for court security. So, just an incredibly high amount,” he said.

“It’s something that the ratepayers here won’t be able to bear over the next few years. It’s not sustainable. There is a courthouse security grant, but that has …