B.C. recommends transition to Surrey Police Service

B.C.’s public safety minister says continuing Surrey’s transition from the RCMP to a municipal police force “is the best way to achieve public safety in B.C.” But as Kier Junos reports, the city’s mayor has other plans.

[lanenewton]

It's about time the RCMP have no business doing big city policing!! The entire Lowermsinland should have gone Metro Police years ago!! The RCMP moto of doing more with less does not work in the large municipal policing!!

[shanepankhurst]

Can't exactly trust a police service that isn't held accountable by the people in the province where they serve. I think that a police force ran and funded by the province and overseen and regulated by the people they serve is worth the obstacles involved in the "transition"

[josephseiler]

Surrey needs to stop picking their mayors from the Uncle Willy's buffet line.

[bobdobalina]

To the kid that thinks the rcmp will be more affordable in the long run. Sadly, you are ill informed and mistaken. By going to a Municipal Police Force you do TWO MAIN things, ONE you can CONTROL COSTS and Expenses Directly and TWO, you can set your own Mandates and Goals Directly without the need for RED TAPE and Endless Bureaucracy which is currently the case with the useless rcmp.

[BigBoss]

This Mayor needs to know when to call it a day Lol

[adrianpoesiat]

A major problem with this issue is that in the Surrey mayoralty election less than 25% of eligible people voted. Have a binding referendum vote yes/no on keeping RCMP or SPS. Then it’s settled by the taxpayers once and for all

[jamescampbell-wsdy]

Is Ontario the only province to have its own police? I don't think we have any RCMP. Why doesn't BC and other provinces have local police force?

[charlesward]

Another municipality dumping the RCMP. Smart move that needs to continue!

[whodidthat]

Most people do not know that the Federal government charges for every single member: $150, 000.00 per annum for each one. Plus property/office rental, vehicles equipment etc.

[jamescampbell-wsdy]

Well how many people are in Surrey? And how remote are they?

[xaviert.]

Sadly I don't think the RCMP is suitable for city policing anymore. From what I know about them, they're suffering from a shortage of everything, and still use 20-30 year old guns! They're better off focusing on rural areas suffering from police resource shortages.

[jcoleman]

Send the RCMP packing in Kelowna and and Nanaimo too!

[thuydoan]

I voted for Brenda Locke to keep the RCMP in Surrey, because I don't want to pay $520 million in property taxes for a Surrey police. So far, Brenda Locke has kept all of her other campaign promises too. I am very happy that I voted for her. Ex-Mayor Doug McCallum created so much problems for our city, that Mayor Brenda Locke is now fixing. Doug McCallum THOUGHT that Surrey residents were Rich and living in luxury. He wanted to squeeze more tax out of Surrey residents every year to pay for his own Police Force. That's why the majority of us had to kick him out of office.

[timpage]

Despite the heavy ad campaigns to promote keeping the RCMP, as a Surrey resident most people I've talked to want a Surrey Police force, as do I.

[tillyburton]

then the mayor and government should pay for the transition not the taxypayer.

[KJAYTHOUSAND]

As a surrey resident born and raised, a large majority of us want to keep the RCMP.

[Make_America_Native_Again]

The RCMP are unaccountable and therefore should be abolished and replaced with accountable local police departments.

[keh]

Hahaha that lesbian had her 2 mins of fame. Doesn’t love the RCMP because that’s what all her other friends think as well.

[wc]

Locke "I don't care what the province said... we're moving back to RCMP at ALL costs... even if I have to raise Surrey property taxes 20%, 30%, 50%...."

[merieroberts]

We are losing so much that is Canadian. One of our greatest representation is the RCMP. Please keep them.