Both Jas Dhillon and Matt Clarke say that joining the new police force is a way to give back to a community that has had an impact on them.
VANCOUVER — B.C. Lions alumni Jas Dhillon and Matt Clarke work opposite shifts, but the former football players are teammates again as members of Surrey’s municipal police force.
When his football career ended, Clarke applied to the Vancouver Police Department, where he worked in various roles over 26 years. “The opportunity to work with young police officers and … build a police department from the ground up was irresistible,” he said. While Dhillon was playing football, he was already considering a career in policing. In 2018, Delta Police offered him a job. In 2021, he joined SPS as part of the first 50 officers hired.
“Growing up in Newton, I know it’s easy to get distracted. Some of the people I grew up with are dead or in jail,” he said.“There’s nothing we can do but wait,” he said. “We all know that this decision is being made above our pay grade.”
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