Surrey Police Service
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Surrey Police Service takes command, ending multi-year political fightThe SPS replaced the Surrey RCMP as the municipality's police of jurisdiction at 12:00 a.m. Friday morning.PoliticsNov 29
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‘Moving forward’: Mayor Brenda Locke on Surrey police transitionMayor Brenda Locke said during Monday's council meeting that she still opposes the province's mandated transition to the Surrey Police Service.CanadaJun 11
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Surrey Police Service officers complained of ‘harassment’ by RCMP: court documentsThe claims that Surrey Police Service officers working alongside the RCMP in Surrey were subjected to a 'toxic work environment' are contained in documents.CanadaMay 3
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Surrey police chief hails ‘clarity’ and ‘way forward’ on transition from RCMPOn Tuesday, the city rejected a $250 million offer from the province that would have indemnified taxpayers from extra costs of making the switch from the RCMP for 10 years.PoliticsApr 10
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RCMP seek witness who reported gun after man shot by police near Surrey carnivalSurrey RCMP want to speak with the man who reported someone was carrying a gun near a carnival in Surrey last month. Police shot a suspect at the scene.CrimeApr 8
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Surrey Police Service needs $141.5M as board outlines goals for 2024The union recently criticized the city after it refused to put 10 new SPS officers on its payroll. Mayor Brenda Locke claims those officers were neither approved nor budgeted for.PoliticsJan 25
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Surrey mayor, police union, board at odds over budget ‘misinformation’Brenda Locke released a statement detailing why the City of Surrey has refused to add 10 new Surrey Police Service recruits to the payroll, stating they were not budgeted for.PoliticsJan 16
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City of Surrey refusing to add new municipal police recruits to payroll: UnionThe recruits -- already sworn officers -- began training at the Justice Institute British Columbia police academy this week and their first pay cheque is due Friday.PoliticsJan 11
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Surrey spending nearly $500K on campaign alerting public to cost of ‘NDP police transition’The billboards state that dismantling the Surrey RCMP in favour of a fully-fledged municipal police force will cost an additional $446 million over the next decade.PoliticsDec 12, 2023
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B.C.’s 2 largest cities facing huge cost increases due to policingThe Vancouver Police Department’s new contract comes with a sizable wage increase and it triggers a 'me-too' clause in Surrey for the Surrey Police Service.CanadaNov 29, 2023
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