The breakdown in communication was a result of administrative reporting to the Ministry of the Solicitor General. If I'm going to seek financial reimbursement from another police service, I have to have the approval of the Solicitor General. The number 1,500 came from financial accounting. It was based on the average number of officers who were there on any given day over the number of days they were there, which was equivalent to 1,500 officers. At that point in time there were not 1,500 officers on any given day.
On any given day across this province, I will have approximately 1,100 police officers on duty spread across 330 municipalities.