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

 

[RangerRay]

From what I heard when VicPD amalgamated with Esquimalt PD, Esquimalt found that all of their former units ended up going downtown. Oak Bay, Saanich and Central Saanich put the brakes on amalgamation after that. Oak Bay likes having its own force to keep the riff-raff from downtown out.

As for Surrey, it was a vanity project of Doug McCallum, and he kept the costs under wraps. He was elected by a small minority of eligible voters and decided to muck about. Then another mayor was elected by a small minority of eligible voters to reverse it, after people were hired, equipment was bought and other infrastructure was bought. In short, it was a disaster and no other municipality in BC will frig around with their police services.