Multiple Surrey city councillors are calling out Mayor Brenda Locke, claiming she's intentionally stalling the transition from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service.
This strikes me as wildly revisionist. The argument you’re making completely ignores that Surrey started this transition in 2018. Surrey Police have been deployed alongside RCMP since 2021.
Locke was elected as a pro-RCMP candidate, trying to put the cat back into the bag. The province and RCMP clearly sent a message: no.
The police force doesn’t have a budget to continue to hire. The province is doing their job by holding the city accountable to their own decisions, and clearing out roadblocks that have come up.
This strikes me as wildly revisionist. The argument you’re making completely ignores that Surrey started this transition in 2018. Surrey Police have been deployed alongside RCMP since 2021.
Locke was elected as a pro-RCMP candidate, trying to put the cat back into the bag. The province and RCMP clearly sent a message: no.
The police force doesn’t have a budget to continue to hire. The province is doing their job by holding the city accountable to their own decisions, and clearing out roadblocks that have come up.