British Columbia is proceeding with the transition to an independent police service in Surrey after the mayor and council rejected parting ways with the RCMP. The province has offered additional funding, but it was turned down. More details on the transition plan will be released next week.
SURREY , B.C. — British Columbia is moving ahead with the transition to an independent police service in Surrey after the mayor and council refused to part ways with the RCMP .
Surrey city council released its budget on Tuesday, saying that if it was forced to move away from the Mounties, the added cost would be half a billion dollars over the next decade. "That being said, the transition will continue … regardless of the judicial review that is underway and what we intended to do is that $150 million will go directly to ensuring the safe transition to the Surrey Police Service," he says.
Surrey Coun. Linda Annis says in a statement that Locke’s decision to turn down $250 million in government transition funding is a"serious slap in the face” for Surrey taxpayers, and a reminder that the transition has become about political ego, rather than city policing. “Mayor Locke has demonstrated over and over that she is only interested in obstructing the transition, which now includes rejecting millions in funding from the provincial government, and an ongoing court case,” says Annis, who is on a separate political slate than the mayor.
Locke says in a statement the budget includes funding for a minimum of 785 RCMP officers, to ensure adequate and effective policing for Surrey.
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