The provincial government is giving Ottawa police nearly $14 million as part of new grant money announced Tuesday.

The money — $13,836,060 — will be spread out over three years.

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At the same time, the province announced that the community safety and policing grant would give police services across Ontario $195 million in total, which would also be distributed over three years.

The money to Ottawa police would help with community policing and ensuring a larger police presence in rural areas of the city where individual police officers patrol a greater geographic area.

“Our government is addressing the concerns of our community,” Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari said in a news release. “That’s why we believe in putting resources directly into the hands of the Ottawa Police Service. They are the experts in maintaining public safety and our primary partner in keeping Ottawa’s communities safe.”

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Police services that receive the grant money are expected to annually report on what they’ve used the funding for.

Ottawa police will further receive nearly $53,000 from the province’s Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) Grant.

That funding comes from an envelope of $2.4 million previously announced by the Ontario government to combat impaired driving.

“With this funding, our local police service will be able to conduct regular roadside spot-checks and education campaigns needed to detect impaired drivers and keep our roads safe,” Ghamari said.

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