City to take first step in Mayor Brenda Locke\u0027s plan to retain the RCMP in Surrey
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Under option one, staff will prepare a plan to be presented to Solicitor General Mike Farnworth explaining how the Surrey Police can be dismantled and the RCMP kept in charge of policing in the city.Article content Undated handout photo of Chief Constable Norm Lipinski with new recruits of the Surrey Police Services.The Surrey Police is in Phase 1 of its three-phase implementation, with its patrol officers working under RCMP command. As of Oct. 15, the police department had 296 officers, with 154 deployed on the front line. Another 28 recruits were in training and 57 civilians were on staff.
The report states, “there is currently an unfavourable variance for policing operations forecast to be $20.6 million by year end. Key contributing drivers of the unfavourable forecast include a higher than anticipated number of SPS members that are not deployed into front line policing. As a result, the city is paying for administrative overhead in two police agencies.”
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