Brenda Locke
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Surrey may need to draft 2 budgets amid policing decision delay: mayor"It's nigh on impossible for us to do an accurate budget to be frank with you," Brenda Locke said of the delay on a final decision on disbanding the Surrey Police ServicePoliticsJan 27
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B.C. government needs ‘additional information’ before decision on Surrey Police ServiceThe province says it needs more information before making a final decision on whether to scrap Surrey's transition to a municipal police force.PoliticsJan 26
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Surrey Police Service deploys more officers as fate of department hangs in limboThe Surrey Police Service said Monday that it had deployed another 18 constables to work alongside frontline and investigative RCMP officers.PoliticsJan 23
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Surrey Police Service makes its case to province as decision on policing transition loomsPublic Safety Minister Mike Farnworth will have the final say on reversing the transition from the RCMP to a municipal force, which is expected to come early next year.PoliticsDec 22, 2022
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Continuing transition to Surrey Police Service would cost estimated $235M: reportThe 88-page document will go before Surrey's mayor and council on Monday, with a recommendation it be endorsed and presented to Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth by Dec. 15.PoliticsDec 9, 2022
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New Surrey mayor accused of RCMP bias while chairing her first police board meetingLocke was elected last month on a pledge to disband the Surrey Police Service (SPS), and has been shepherding a plan to do so through council since taking office.PoliticsNov 30, 2022
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RCMP decries Surrey Police Union claims about short-staffing as ‘inaccurate’According to the union, Surrey Police Service officers make up between 35 and 50 per cent of frontline general duty deployments across two watches in the city each day.PoliticsNov 29, 2022
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They moved to B.C. to join Surrey’s new police force. Now, their future is uncertainPolice officers who moved from out-of-province to work with the new Surrey Police Service are thinking about what will happen if the department is disbanded under the new mayor.CrimeNov 17, 2022
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Surrey police chief explains why he’ll keep hiring despite council vote to keep RCMP"The mayor doesn't have the authority to direct the police department to do any particular thing," Surrey Police Service Chief Const. Norm Lipinski said.PoliticsNov 15, 2022
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Surrey City council votes to keep RCMPIf councillors vote to maintain the RCMP in Surrey, B.C., staff will present a plan to B.C.’s solicitor general Mike Farnworth on how the municipal force will be dismantled.CrimeNov 14, 2022
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