Surrey Police Service assumed responsibility for policing in Surrey on November 29, 2024. The Breaker News is reporting that "After 73 and-a-half years, Surrey is under local police command again."
"At midnight Nov. 29, the Surrey RCMP ceased to be the police of jurisdiction in British Columbia’s second most-populous city. The Surrey Police Service (SPS) era began."
"For the time being, SPS will patrol Whalley and Newton while it continues to recruit officers. The RCMP, under its provincial contract, will police the rest of Surrey. The transition, which began under 2018-elected mayor Doug McCallum, could take until 2026 or 2027 to be complete."
It's good news, and hard fought to get here....but it's not over yet. I do wonder how many of those who were hired by SPS are former RCMP? And if so are any of them former Surrey Detachment members?
ReplyDeletePerhaps. I wouldn't loose any sleep over it. It's a step forward. The problem was from the top down not the bottom up.
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