Owen Sound Police and the Grey County OPP received some money from the proceeds of crime.
Under the province’s new civil forfeiture law — they are taking money from criminals and putting it into policing.
Owen Sound Police were given over 40 thousand dollars while the Grey County OPP received nearly 90 thousand dollars on Thursday.
Owen Sound Deputy Police Chief Bill Sornberger says they will buy better surveillance and GPS equipment.
He says it’s not for monitoring street corners but rather for ‘stake-out’ type investigations.
Grey County OPP Commander Bob Mahlberg says they will build new interview rooms for witnesses and victims at both their Meaford and Chatsworth detachments.
