Transition to Municipal Police Force

[daftandbarmy]

Oak or James Bay, is that you?

There are 13 of us, of course

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Surrey wanted it...



The decision to move to a municipal force to replace the RCMP in B.C.’s second-most-populous city was made in 2018 under then-mayor Doug McCallum and approved by the province.

A 2019 transition plan said Surrey was the largest city in Canada without its own municipal force. It said a city force would bring oversight to the local level instead of Ottawa and be more responsive to changing conditions and demands, and more representative of the community.

Surrey Police Service takes over command from RCMP

SPS is now the force of jurisdiction, but gradual replacement of RCMP officers will take two or three more years. Find out more.

vancouversun.com

But then they elected a mayor to replace him, who promised to stop it as a major ticket in her campaign. Whereupon the Province forced her to accept it.

 

[daftandbarmy]

But then they elected a mayor to replace him, who promised to stop it as a major ticket in her campaign. Whereupon the Province forced her to accept it.

Yes, this describes it nicely I think