On Friday, the future of policing in Surrey will be decided — again.
Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth will announce the province’s decision on whether to approve the city’s request to stop the years-long transition to the Surrey Police Service and revert sole control to the local RCMP detachment.
It will come five months after Mayor Brenda Locke and Surrey council formally asked the province to approve their plan, which Locke claimed would save taxpayers just over $235 million over the next five years.
Ending the Surrey Police Service was a key part of Locke’s election campaign, where she narrowly defeated former mayor Doug McCallum, and her party won
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