The fledgling Surrey police service added 35 new officers Monday, bringing its ranks to 120 in the still controversial transition from RCMP.
Creation of the force, a key election promise of Mayor Doug McCallum, has been politically controversial, causing a split on city council with a community group actively campaigning to keep the RCMP going into a fall municipal election.
And besides the legal challenge of convincing the province to change its decision, as prescribed by the Police Act, there’s the 200-plus employees SPS will have by this fall, between 150 officers on the street and 80 or so in human resources and command. And of the $63.7 million allocated to one-time transition expenses, Lipinski said a considerable amount has been spent, including $15 million on an information technology system, which the chief said wouldn’t be financially responsible to unwind.Article content
“I think what’s important is the culture that we build,” Lipinski said, “whether it’s great investigations, whether it’s community engagement, whether it’s our operational skills, taking care of each other, working side-by-side with our RCMP colleagues and really serving the community.Article contentMonday’s deployment saw veteran recruits from municipal police forces and RCMP detachments across the Lower Mainland, police services in Edmonton, Calgary and the Alberta RCMP.
The RCMP remain Surrey’s police-of-jurisdiction and take the lead in day-to-day operations, but at a strength of 120, Lipinski said the SPS is reaching a critical mass to start taking roles beyond uniformed patrol, such as the investigative units and the gang squad.
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