B.C. Premier John Horgan says public has right to know what’s in secret Surrey policing report GlobeBC
RCMP constables attend a call in a high crime area in the Whalley neighbourhood in Surrey, British Columbia, August 4, 2017.Premier John Horgan says the public in B.C.'s second-largest city has a right to know what’s in a municipal report detailing plans to create a new police force; the mayor of Surrey has said he won’t release the report before sending it to the province for review.
However, he is ruling out measures such as blocking Surrey’s plan. In a statement following the Premier’s news conference, a senior spokesperson said it is too early to speculate on approval of Surrey’s policing proposal. Upon being sworn in last November, Mr. McCallum and his team, who won seven of eight council seats, passed a motion to end the city’s contract with the RCMP, which has policed Surrey since 1951, and create a new municipal force within two years.
Linda Annis earlier this month called for openness. A representative of the councilor cited a March 4 news release in which she said the new police force should be created “in full view of the community, and not behind closed doors at city hall."
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