In a progress report, municipal staff claim there is 'no clear plan or any supporting documents in place' to phase out the RCMP and bring the fledgling SPS into full force.
Among the missing items, according to staff — a joint human resources plan to guide deployments and demobilization, confirmed plans for asset sharing and transfer of files between forces, legal frameworks that would support the RCMP working under the command of a municipal police department, and more.
“I get it, the mayor wanted to keep the RCMP, but that ship has sailed,” Coun. Linda Annis said in a Monday news release.“City staff will move mountains if mayor and council ask them to, and that’s what we need when it comes to the police transition … Having two police departments is costing our taxpayers an added $266,000 per day.”
Global News has reached out to Mayor Brenda Locke and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth for comment.The cost of maintaining both police departments in Surrey is an estimated $8 million per month.amid concerns that replenishing it could tighten resources in places where Mounties are in short supply. He said Surrey failed to prove it could keep the RCMP without compromising safety elsewhere, and offered $150 million to support a return to the SPS.the SPS had already cost the municipality $34.
An independent report commissioned by the province found that keeping the SPS alone would cost Surrey taxpayers about $30 million more per year than keeping the RCMP.Since Farnworth brought the hammer down on July 19, he and Locke have met to discuss the transition. The city, however, says it’s still seeking clarity on the mandate and proposed authorities of Farnworth’s appointed strategic implementation advisor for the transition, Jessica McDonald.Locke campaigned in October 2022 on a promise to return the RCMP to the police of jurisdiction in Surrey, reversing the course laid out by her predecessor. While she initially supported the creation of the SPS as a councillor, she backtracked within two years, citing transparency concerns and the taxpayer burden.
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