LANGLEY, B.C. — The council for the Metro Vancouver Township of Langley, B.C., has voted for a plan to have its own RCMP detachment in a separation that the mayor says is over unfair costs.
The township currently shares the force with the City of Langley, but township Mayor Eric Woodward says the goal of a dedicated detachment is to improve services for its community, which is much larger geographically and growing at a faster rate than its neighbour.
Langley City Mayor Nathan Pachal said Wednesday that the two sides have a contract that lays out how the cost of policing is divided."The provincial government will, once we've gone through this, also need to be fully satisfied that there will be adequate policing in both communities at the end of this," he said.
“Ultimately, the RCMP’s priority is public safety," the statement said, adding that it would work with both the city and the district to ensure public safety needs are met through the process.
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