Recent increases to the police budget, which comprises 26.5 per cent of the city’s budget, have been higher than the rate of inflation, largely due to salary and benefit increases.

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Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu is the highest-paid municipal police officer in B.C., according to The Vancouver Sun’s exclusive database of public-sector salaries. Chu made $314,042 in 2011 ...