SURREY, B.C. — An ethics report has found that a Surrey, B.C., councillor with two children working for the RCMP breached ethics rules when he voted to halt the transition to an independent police force. Surrey's ethics commissioner found Coun.
SURREY, B.C. — An ethics report has found that a Surrey, B.C., councillor with two children working for the RCMP breached ethics rules when he voted to halt the transition to an independent police force.
While the officer was seeking an RCMP transfer at the time of the vote, ethics commissioner Peter Johnson found that was not enough to overcome the perception of potential bias and thus Stutt had contravened the code of conduct. A summary of Johnson's report said that because Stutt affirmed the officer no longer worked in the Surrey detachment, the conflict"would appear to have been eliminated."
Rick Stewart, president of the Surrey Police Union, said in a news release that Stutt should apologize to city residents for"his disrespect to his office and compromised integrity at city hall." Locke announced Friday that council had voted again to go back to the Mounties, saying it would be far less costly than continuing with the independent force. But Farnworth must sign off on the decision.
"I know many of our members, myself included, have had our families attacked online by various supporters of the RCMP and Mayor Locke and it's unfortunate that people can't focus on the policy issues and focus on what's the best policing model for the city and have that healthy, constructive dialogue," he said."It's really shameful that it's become so personal.
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