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Edmonton Police Service Budget Variance for the Period Ending December 31, 2024

Original source: https://edmontonpolicecommission.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4.3.4-Edmonton-Police-Service-Budget-Variance-for-the-Period-Ending-December-31-2024.pdf

Local snapshot (archived 2026-07-03): full-page PDF committed at sources/budgets/_archive/eps-2024-year-end-budget-variance/eps-2024-year-end-budget-variance.pdf.

Authoritative EPS Commission year-end variance report for FY2024. Extracted via pdftotext -layout (some decimals render as commas in the source table — column context makes them clear). Figures in $000s unless noted.

Headline result

"The operating results for the period ending December 31, 2024 indicate a net surplus position of $1.026 million to be transferred to the EPS reserve (revenue surplus of $4.845 million, offset by an expense overspend of $3.818 million)." "The overspend in personnel expense is primarily due to increased overtime."

FY2024 operating budget (full-year, $000s): budget | actual | variance

  • Total Revenue: $92,978 budget | $97,823 actual | +$4,845 (5.2%)
  • Total Expense: $560,053 budget | $563,871 actual | -$3,818 (-0.7%)
  • Provincial Grants (revenue): $45,278 budget | $50,438 actual | +$5,160 (11.4%)
  • Traffic Safety Act Fines (revenue): $10,262 budget | $6,959 actual | -$3,303 (-32.2%)
  • Salary and benefits (expense): $432,551 budget | $437,645 actual | -$5,094 (-1.2%)
  • EPS Overtime (expense): $11,600 budget | $18,338 actual | -$6,738 (-58.1% over budget)
  • External Overtime (expense, seconded to ALERT/ASIRT, recovered): $472 budget | $720 actual

Interpretation

  • 2024 GROSS operating budget ≈ $560.05M (total expense budget); actual spend $563.87M.
  • 2024 NET operating budget (expense less revenue) ≈ $560.05M − $92.98M = ~$467.1M net (tax-supported).
  • Overtime blew 58% over budget in 2024 — a recurring pattern; overtime budgeted at only $11.6M but ran $18.3M.
  • Provincial grants ran $50.4M actual (vs $45.3M budget), the single largest external inflow.

Prior-year comparative (2023, from same table, total expense column)

  • 2023 Total Expense: $502,187 budget | $510,487 actual.
  • 2023 EPS Overtime: $10,328 budget | $19,166 actual (85.6% over budget).

Reserve

  • 2019-2022 Reserve Balance: $0.312M
  • 2023 Reserve Balance: ($1.102M) deficit
  • 2024 Reserve Balance: ($0.580M) deficit