Surrey Police Union

• Police union accuses Surrey councillor of conflict of interest over family RCMP ties

  The Surrey Police Union filed the complaint regarding Coun. Robb Stutt with the city ethics commissioner's office Monday.

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  Feb 27
  
• Continuing transition to Surrey Police Service would cost estimated $235M: report

  The 88-page document will go before Surrey's mayor and council on Monday, with a recommendation it be endorsed and presented to Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth by Dec. 15.

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  Dec 9, 2022
  
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• 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, 2022
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• 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, 2022
• 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.

  Crime

  Nov 25, 2022
• Surrey City council votes to keep RCMP

  If councillors vote to maintain the RCMP in Surrey, B.C., staff will present a plan to B.C.’s solicitor general Mike Farnworth on how the municipal force will be dismantled.

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  Nov 14, 2022
• 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, 2022
• Surrey’s incoming mayor promised to scrap municipal police force. What happens now?

  Surrey mayor-elect Brenda Locke is doubling down on her promise scrap the city's incoming municipal police force and keep the RCMP after her election win Saturday night.

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  Oct 17, 2022
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• Petition for referendum on Surrey’s police transition nets nearly 43,000 signatures

  The petition's signatures represent about 13.5 per cent of about 318,000 registered voters in Surrey's nine districts, according to a 2017 tally from Elections BC.

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  Nov 15, 2021