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Surrey may need to draft 2 budgets amid policing decision delay: mayor"It's nigh on impossible for us to do an accurate budget to be frank with you," Brenda Locke said of the delay on a final decision on disbanding the Surrey Police ServicePoliticsJan 27
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B.C. government needs ‘additional information’ before decision on Surrey Police ServiceThe province says it needs more information before making a final decision on whether to scrap Surrey's transition to a municipal police force.PoliticsJan 26
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Surrey Police Service deploys more officers as fate of department hangs in limboThe Surrey Police Service said Monday that it had deployed another 18 constables to work alongside frontline and investigative RCMP officers.PoliticsJan 23
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Surrey taxpayers face large property tax increase if police transition continues, mayor saysSurrey mayor Brenda Locke told Global News she believes property taxes will increase on average $1,200 per household if the city transitions to the Surrey Police Service.PoliticsJan 6
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Surrey Police Service makes its case to province as decision on policing transition loomsPublic Safety Minister Mike Farnworth will have the final say on reversing the transition from the RCMP to a municipal force, which is expected to come early next year.PoliticsDec 22, 2022
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Plan to scrap Surrey police transition heading to Victoria after council green lightA city report released last week that estimated scrapping the transition from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service would save $235.4 million over five years.CrimeDec 12, 2022
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Continuing transition to Surrey Police Service would cost estimated $235M: reportThe 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.PoliticsDec 9, 2022
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New Surrey mayor accused of RCMP bias while chairing her first police board meetingLocke 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.PoliticsNov 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.PoliticsNov 29, 2022
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Surrey, B.C. council moves one step closer to scrapping municipal police forceReversing the transition, which has been underway since 2020 under the previous council was a key election promise of new mayor Brenda Locke.PoliticsNov 28, 2022
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