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VANCOUVER The committee overseeing Surrey s transition away from the RCMP has approved a deployment date for the first 50 officers from the city s new municipal police force. Those initial Surrey Police Service members will be assigned to roles within the Surrey RCMP detachment as part of a phased transition process approved my municipal, provincial and federal officials. The officers will be assuming operational policing duties by Nov. 30 at the latest, the Surrey Police Service said in a news release. This is an exciting time for the Surrey Police Service as we prepare to deploy our first officers into policing operations this fall, Chief Const. Norm Lipinksi said in a statement.
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“We want to bring back honest dialogue to city hall,” Locke said in announcing her candidacy last week.
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The pair were first elected in November 2018 as part of the Safe Surrey slate, which gained political steam during a time when rising gang conflict was at the forefront of civic concern.
“We aimed to push the city to review the RCMP contract,” Locke said. “We wanted to see more enforcement on gangs in Surrey. Young people were being shot in the streets.”
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