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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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Surrey mayor says city will take another step toward stopping police transitionLast week, the public safety minister and solicitor general put the Surrey Police Board on ice, in the latest move to force the city to complete its transition to the SPS.PoliticsNov 20, 2023
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Citing city’s ‘advantages,’ Calgary police target B.C. for recruitmentAccording to the Calgary Police Service, B.C. is its highest source of applicants outside of Alberta. Applications from B.C. increased up to 70 per cent in the past year.CrimeOct 3, 2023
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Criticism hurled at pace of Surrey police transition as report finds ‘no clear plan’In a progress report, municipal staff claim there is "no clear plan or any supporting documents in place" to phase out the RCMP and bring the fledgling SPS into full force.CrimeSep 11, 2023
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