An investigation into alleged criminal activity, cronyism and harassment at the Durham Regional Police Service has already cost taxpayers more than $2 million in legal fees, CBC has learned.

After five years of legal jousting between publicly funded agencies, the police inquiry into the Toronto-area service has no end in sight. Questions are now being raised about whether there will ever be clear answers, accountability and value for the millions spent.

"I think John Q. Taxpayer would have a significant problem with that," said Danardo Jones, an associate professor in the faculty of law at the University of Windsor who researches police oversight.

"It's a lot of money … being used to stymie oversight and stymie accountability for police officers who are supposed to be standard-bearers w

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