Police chief says some of that surplus is going towards upgrades to headquarters.
Kingston Police Service were able to end 2025 in the black.
An information report was delivered at last Tuesday's City Council meeting.
Despite a 2025 cyberattack that crippled operations for a brief period of time, the police service finished with a surplus of $859,000.
Chief Adam Macintosh said it is a testament of the work the staff have done to maintain service levels while staying within budget.
Around $400,000 of that surplus will be set aside to help with upgrades to their headquarters. The rest will be put into the City's working reserve fund.
Some of the surplus was due to cost savings as a result of reduced overtime and not having to expend police resources for events like St. Patrick's Day, University Homecoming, and Faux-coming.
KPS Director of Finance Scarlett Lyles told Council that the cyber incident in January 2025 prevented them from hiring more police officers which also resulted in a reduction in salaries and wages.
Macintosh hopes that with the cyber attack behind them, the force will be able to resume the process of hiring more frontline officers.
But he said there are other hurdles that stand in their way.
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