SURREY, B.C. CTV News has obtained an internal memo from the Surrey RCMP that calls a tweet by the incoming municipal police force an “information breach.” The tweet sent Thursday was one of the new Surrey Police Service s regular #SPSFacts. It linked to an article with documents attached that included an outline of the estimated timeline for Surrey Police Service deployment. According to that chart, deployment starts in October. In the internal memo Chief Superintendent Brian Edwards said, “I am very concerned that the information breached agreed upon communication protocols.”
Read the full memo, as obtained by CTV News, below.
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A Surrey city councillor wants Mayor Doug McCallum to explain how a police officer who recently received a suspension for drinking and driving was hired for the new Surrey Police Service.
Linda Annis wrote to McCallum on Tuesday in his role as chair of the police board to ask about how RCMP Insp. Jeff Metcalfe made it through the hiring process for the new municipal force given his 90-day roadside suspension.
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“I would like the board to share the details in the process surrounding the recent hiring of an inspector who had just completed a 90-day driving prohibition for being impaired,” Annis wrote. “As you know, the (Surrey Police Service) faces serious credibility challenges due to valid concerns already raised about out-of-control costs and their impact on other city services.”
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