A decision on the future of policing in Surrey, British Columbia’s second largest city by population, is expected today.
Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth is set to announce the province’s call on whether to approve Mayor Brenda Locke’s request to stop the years-long transition to the Surrey Police Service (SPS) and revert to the local RCMP detachment.
It’s the second such decision that Farnworth will make in four years, with Locke hoping to reverse previous mayor Doug McCallum’s efforts to establish a municipal force in the city just southeast of Vancouver.
While policing is under municipal jurisdiction, cities need provincial approval to change their police service under the B.C.
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