Mayors Day With Doug McCallum: The future of policing in Surrey

The mayors of Surrey and Vancouver have formalized their agreement to work together as the City of Surrey transitions to a municipal police force. The City of Surrey announced in December that it was asking the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department for “technical assistance” in order to set up a municipal police force.

Meanwhile, Surrey residents and law enforcement experts are concerned that they are being left in the dark when it comes to the transition from the RCMP to a municipal police force in Surrey.

Mike Larsen is the chair of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s criminology department, and while speaking at Surrey Board of Trade event, he said that there has been a lack of transparency from the municipal government on the issue of changing the method of policing in Surrey.

What does Mayor McCallum think about the idea that his government has not been transparent enough in regards to this issue?

The mayors of Surrey and Vancouver have formalized their agreement to work together as the City of Surrey transitions to a municipal police force. The City of Surrey announced in December that it was asking the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department for “technical assistance” in order to set up a municipal police force.

Meanwhile, Surrey residents and law enforcement experts are concerned that they are being left in the dark when it comes to the transition from the RCMP to a municipal police force in Surrey.

Mike Larsen is the chair of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s criminology department, and while speaking at Surrey Board of Trade event, he said that there has been a lack of transparency from the municipal government on the issue of changing the method of policing in Surrey.

What does Mayor McCallum think about the idea that his government has not been transparent enough in regards to this issue?