Surrey Police Board Chair resigns after Police Chief fired

The Surrey Now Leader is reporting that Semiahmoo First Nation Chief Harley Chappell has resigned in response to the firing of Surrey Police Chief Norm Lipinski. Sounds like more dirty politics from the Save the Surrey RCMP crew.  

CBC is reporting that "Now-former chair Harley Chappell said the board made the decision to fire Lipinski at a special meeting that Chappell did not attend. In his resignation letter shared with CBC News, Chappell said he feels the decision violates the board's governance policies and the provincial Police Act."

"I feel the political tentacles and pressures have reached far too deeply into our newly formed SPS board, and I morally and ethically cannot be part of this moving forward."

"The Surrey Police Union said it was concerned about the transparency around the end of Lipinski's tenure. Union president Ryan Buhrig said in a letter to members, before the board confirmed Lipinski had left, that police board members were not returning his calls."

"In the letter, which was obtained by CBC Newsm Buhrig questioned whether Lipinski is taking the blame for challenges that were created by Mayor Brenda Locke, the City of Surrey, and the Province of British Columbia." (and CSIS)