SURREY, B.C. — Surrey city council has released its budget saying if it’s forced to transition away from the RCMP to a local force it will cost half a billion dollars more over the next decade.
It comes on the same day Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says the city has until 4 p.m. to take an offer of $250 million from the government to help it shift to the independent force.
She says under the terms of the Surrey Police Service, having two officers in each vehicle is mandated and that would mean the city would have to hire at least 200 more officers. Locke was elected on the promise to reverse the transition to the independent police force and switch back to the RCMP and has rejected the provincial government's directive that it continue with the transition, which was already well underway when the mayor was elected.
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