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title: "More funding to Police. Where is it going?" — Councillor Michael Janz publisher: michaeljanz.ca category: police-funding retrieved: 2026-07-04

Janz on police funding (horse's mouth) + the frontline contrast

Original source: https://www.michaeljanz.ca/policefunding2024 Retrieved: 2026-07-04

Councillor Michael Janz's own page on EPS funding. The key contrast figures — guaranteed police growth against a near-flat library — come from Janz himself.

The numbers

  • 2019 City police funding: $378 million
  • 2026 projected City police funding: $475 million
  • Increase: +$97 million over seven years (~26%)
  • EPS budget growth 2023–2026: 12.4%
  • Edmonton Public Library growth 2023–2026: 4%

Janz, in his own words

"Policing is the largest item in the city budget and on your property tax bill. No one spends more on policing than Edmonton." "Taxpayers deserve to know how funding is being spent." "We all deserve to feel and be safe in our community and deserve transparent information about what is being done to enhance safety." "There are some negative political actors in the community who are attempting to perpetuate a narrative that the police are underfunded."

Cited by Janz — Professor Temitope Oriola: the "majority of calls are not necessarily matters of life and death. They are mostly for issues like shoplifting and vandalism (a combined 89.1 per cent)."