Surrey Police Transition
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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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Surrey Police Service prepares to take command, ending years-long sagaAs of midnight, the Surrey Police Service will be the police agency of jurisdiction for the city that bears its name, after a multi-year political battle.PoliticsNov 28
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RCMP questions Surrey Police Service’s readiness as clock ticks down on transitionAs the clock ticks down, the RCMP are raising concerns about readiness for the Nov. 29 switchover in command structure. The SPS maintains it is prepared.PoliticsNov 12
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Countdown on for Surrey Police Service to take commandIn just one month, the Surrey Police Service will become the policing agency of jurisdiction in its namesake city, taking over that role from the RCMP.PoliticsOct 28
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Surrey spent $1.3 million on legal fight against police transition, councillor saysOpposition Coun. Linda Annis said the final tab for Surrey's judicial review of the police transition amounted to just under $1.3 million.PoliticsJul 11
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Battle over Surrey police appears finally over as city, province ink dealThe agreement could finally draw the curtain on an acrimonious and years-long political battle between the two governments over the fate of policing in the city.PoliticsJul 10
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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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B.C. wins court battle with Surrey over police transitionThe transition, which began in 2018 under former mayor Doug McCallum, ran into speedbumps after current Mayor Brenda Locke was elected on a pledge to stop it and keep the RCMP.PoliticsMay 23
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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’s Charter claim in police transition challenge ‘radical,’ says government lawyerA lawyer for B.C.'s Public Safety Ministry says Surrey is seeking a "radical expansion" of freedom-of-expression protections under the Charter in its dispute with the province .PoliticsMay 2
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