The trip came as London police asks for a massive budget increase in the next four years to pay for new officers, drones, a second light-armoured vehicle and a new training centre.

I'm not one of those "All cops are bad" people, but if you want a budget increase, nothing signals fiduciary responsibility like unnecessary work trips without notifying your oversight board...

And that's to say nothing about attending a joint training exercise with foreign nationals that are currently sanctioned by our government, who for some reason gave them a surprise 90% discount on the whole thing.

Is it officially treason to train military units of foreign countries that we have sanctioned? It's probably bad I have to ask.

There are so many issues with this that it boggles the mind

This is the best summary I could come up with:

London, Ont., police officers participating in a competition in Dubai alongside a Chechen group accused of committing atrocities in the conflict with Ukraine "damages the image of Canada," says a University of Toronto professor with expertise in international relations and political science.

And so there's an extra duty," said Aurel Braun, who's also an associate with the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.

The trip came as London police asks for a massive budget increase in the next four years to pay for new officers, drones, a second light-armoured vehicle and a new training centre.

Participants also included the Akhmat unit from the Russian republic of Chechnya, a group that's been accused of committing atrocities in the conflict with Ukraine.

Chief Thai Truong also said he would send the 11 officers for the SWAT competition again, saying it delivered essential training for police who respond to the highest-risk situations.

There should be resignations over the decision, said Braun, drawing parallels with an incident last year that saw the speaker of the House of Commons step down after inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit to Parliament.

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