Surrey Police Service

• New Surrey mayor accused of RCMP bias while chairing her first police board meeting

  Locke 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. 

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  Nov 30
  
• 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.

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  Nov 29
  
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• Surrey, B.C. Council is one step closer to scrapping municipal police force

  Reversing the transition, which has been underway since 2020 under the previous council was a key election promise of new mayor Brenda Locke.

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  Nov 28
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• Surrey council to revisit police transition issues at Monday’s meeting

  Surrey city council will discuss the report Monday in advance of the last vote on their plan on December 12, from there a final decision will have to be made by the province.

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  Nov 27
• Surrey, B.C. needs 161 new Mounties if police transition scrapped, cost still unclear: report

  Surrey city council voted 5-4 earlier this month to try and halt the transition from RCMP to the Surrey Police Service, fulfilling a key campaign promise of new Mayor Brenda Locke.

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  Nov 25
• They moved to B.C. to join Surrey’s new police force. Now, their future is uncertain

  Police 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.

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  Nov 17
• 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.

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  Nov 15
• Surrey Police Union opposes mayor’s policing plan, members declare no intention of joining RCMP

  The union representing 293 Surrey Police Service officers said it opposes the new Surrey mayor’s plan of keeping Surrey RCMP operating within the city.

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  Nov 10
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• Surrey Police Service still adding officers, despite incoming mayor’s pledge to scrap it

  At its final meeting before mayor-elect Brenda Locke is sworn in, the Surrey Police Board revealed another 35 officers would hit the street next month.

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  Oct 26
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• Vancouver could hire axed Surrey Police Service officers, Ken Sim says

  Mayor-elect Ken Sim campaigned heavily on public safety, with the pledge to hire 100 new officers and 100 mental health nurses at the centre of his platform.

  Politics

  Oct 18