5 things to know as B.C. rules Surrey must continue transition to municipal police force

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Minister Mike Farnworth determined the RCMP do not have the resources to provide adequate public safety to the citizens of Surrey. Read on.

to continue with its plan to return to the RCMP. Surrey delivered its revised plan to the province on June 19. Farnworth decided that plan could not be implemented without destabilizing policing in the province’s second most populous city.Article contentThe province said Surrey is now providing front-line policing for 50 per cent of calls in the jurisdiction with 220 front-line officers deployed. Farnworth estimated it will take another three years to complete the transition to the SPS.

Farnworth cited Section 2 of the Police Act as the legal authority to force Surrey to retain the municipal force. It states that the minister of public safety and solicitor general must ensure that adequate and effective law enforcement is maintained throughout the province.Locke said Farnworth’s “selective interpretation of the Police Act is of great concern.

 

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