Surrey Police Service

• Surrey Police arrest driver who failed to stop at B.C. border crossing

  The driver of a pickup truck with Washington state licence plates failed to stop at the Pacific Highway border crossing Sunday morning in Surrey, B.C., leading to their arrest.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2025
  
• Surrey Police Service takes command, ending multi-year political fight

  The SPS replaced the Surrey RCMP as the municipality's police of jurisdiction at 12:00 a.m. Friday morning. 

  Politics

  Nov 29, 2024
  
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• ‘Moving forward’: Mayor Brenda Locke on Surrey police transition

  Mayor Brenda Locke said during Monday's council meeting that she still opposes the province's mandated transition to the Surrey Police Service.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2024
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• Surrey Police Service officers complained of ‘harassment’ by RCMP: court documents

  The claims that Surrey Police Service officers working alongside the RCMP in Surrey were subjected to a 'toxic work environment' are contained in documents.

  Canada

  May 3, 2024
• Surrey police chief hails ‘clarity’ and ‘way forward’ on transition from RCMP

  On 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.

  Politics

  Apr 10, 2024
• RCMP seek witness who reported gun after man shot by police near Surrey carnival

  Surrey 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.

  Crime

  Apr 8, 2024
• Surrey Police Service needs $141.5M as board outlines goals for 2024

  The 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.

  Politics

  Jan 25, 2024
• 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.

  Politics

  Jan 16, 2024
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• City of Surrey refusing to add new municipal police recruits to payroll: Union

  The recruits -- already sworn officers -- began training at the Justice Institute British Columbia police academy this week and their first pay cheque is due Friday.

  Politics

  Jan 11, 2024
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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.

  Politics

  Dec 12, 2023