The provincial government is updating the Police Act in an effort to prevent the same mess from occurring that continues to define Surrey香蕉视频直播檚 policing transition to the Surrey Police Service from the Surrey RCMP.

香蕉视频直播淧eople deserve to know who is protecting their homes, families and businesses when there is a change in policing in their community,香蕉视频直播� Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said Monday in Victoria. 香蕉视频直播淭hese amendments mean that the confusion caused by the City of Surrey won香蕉视频直播檛 be repeated elsewhere in B.C. When passed, these amendments will ensure policing transitions proceed in a way that provides certainty for people and maintains public safety.香蕉视频直播�

Farnworth said the legislation provides 香蕉视频直播渃larity and finality香蕉视频直播� to Surrey residents concerning the transition. 香蕉视频直播淎mendments to the Act will specify that the City of Surrey must provide policing services through a municipal police department. It also provides the authority for the solicitor general to cancel the existing agreement between the Province and the City of Surrey for the provision of RCMP services.香蕉视频直播�

Premier David Eby said Tuesday that whether or not Surrey is moving forward to a municipal police force 香蕉视频直播渋s no longer up for discussion, they are moving forward to a municipal force in Surrey and for everybody香蕉视频直播檚 benefit we need to just get on with that work.香蕉视频直播�

Farnworth said the legislation also provides, 香蕉视频直播渋f necessary,香蕉视频直播� the provincial government with the ability to appoint an administrator to 香蕉视频直播渁ssume the functions香蕉视频直播� of the Surrey Police Board to oversee the SPS.

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Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke is not conceding defeat. 香蕉视频直播淲e are still all in the process of reviewing it and we will continue to do that,香蕉视频直播� she said of the legislation released Monday afternoon.

香蕉视频直播淚香蕉视频直播檓 going to be really clear 香蕉视频直播� the City of Surrey has made a position, we香蕉视频直播檙e not changing that position.

香蕉视频直播淔irst and foremost, we香蕉视频直播檙e here to protect the taxpayers of this province,香蕉视频直播� Locke told reporters. 香蕉视频直播淲e know that the cost of this transition is extraordinary.香蕉视频直播�

Eby said Tuesday it香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播渇rustrating香蕉视频直播� his government and Surrey aren香蕉视频直播檛 on the same page. 香蕉视频直播淚 think there is a moment here to regroup with the city, to reset. It is very clear that the city will not be successful in any legal challenge, it香蕉视频直播檚 a waste of taxpayer dollars, the Province is going in this direction, so let香蕉视频直播檚 sit down, let香蕉视频直播檚 move forward.香蕉视频直播�

During her Monday presser Locke referenced an easel beside her podium displaying a 香蕉视频直播渧ery conservative香蕉视频直播� $464 million more attached to the SPS over keeping the RCMP over the next 10 years 香蕉视频直播� not including capital costs and two-officer patrol cars. 香蕉视频直播淭his is going to be a tremendous increase to taxes in Surrey,香蕉视频直播� she warned. 香蕉视频直播淭hat is a minimum, an absolute minimum. That is money that should be left in the pockets of Surrey taxpayers at a time when affordability remains our number-one issue.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淭his is going to be a tremendous increase to taxes in Surrey,香蕉视频直播� she warned. 香蕉视频直播淭hat is a minimum, an absolute minimum. That is money that should be left in the pockets of Surrey taxpayers at a time when affordability remains our number-one issue.

香蕉视频直播淲e will do everything always to protect our taxpayer,香蕉视频直播� Locke said. 香蕉视频直播淚 will do everything always to protect our taxpayer.香蕉视频直播�

The provincial government said it will provide Surrey with $150 million toward the cost of the transition but Locke says that香蕉视频直播檚 not nearly enough. Asked if his government will provide more money to Surrey, Eby said the 香蕉视频直播渂ig challenge香蕉视频直播� is the longer the dispute is dragged out, the more expensive it gets. He said it behooves Surrey to 香蕉视频直播渟it down with the Province, not to be going to court to spend more money on lawyers on a decision that香蕉视频直播檚 already been made and will not be overturned by a court.

香蕉视频直播淭he mayor fought a good fight, she raised a lot of important issues,香蕉视频直播� Eby said, but 香蕉视频直播渘ow it香蕉视频直播檚 time for us to sit down and sort it out.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淭he Province has committed to Surrey that we will support them, we understand their additional costs here, we will be working with that and I香蕉视频直播檓 happy to have those discussions with Surrey,香蕉视频直播� Eby said.

On Oct. 13, the City of Surrey revealed it has filed a petition with the Supreme Court of British Columbia seeking a judicial review of Farnworth香蕉视频直播檚 July 19 order to proceed with the SPS. The government has 21 days to file a response.

Asked what she thinks Monday香蕉视频直播檚 development will have on Surrey香蕉视频直播檚 case, Locke replied she 香蕉视频直播渃an香蕉视频直播檛 speculate on anything with the courts. And again, we haven香蕉视频直播檛 even really looked at the legislation so I can香蕉视频直播檛 make any speculation in that regard.香蕉视频直播�

Asked if this means checkmate for Surrey, Coun. Linda Annis replied, 香蕉视频直播淚 hope this means that we香蕉视频直播檙e done and we香蕉视频直播檙e moving forward with the transition. I do think the minister香蕉视频直播檚 saying enough is enough, we need to get on with it.香蕉视频直播�

Locke did say of the legislation that Farnworth could have made his case last December, but did not.

香蕉视频直播淚t香蕉视频直播檚 incredibly disappointing that this minister has taken so long to make a decision,香蕉视频直播� she said, adding 香蕉视频直播渉e could have said a lot of what he香蕉视频直播檚 saying today, he could have said it way back in December. He chose not to, so we香蕉视频直播檙e in this position now.香蕉视频直播�

Again on the $464 million cost, Locke said, 香蕉视频直播楾his is going to be generational, this is going to be forever. This is going to be for my kids, my grandkids, and we need to make sure that we have protected the taxpayer in our city.香蕉视频直播�

During a press scrum after the Legislative Assembly香蕉视频直播檚 Monday sitting, when Farnworth was asked what will happen with Surrey香蕉视频直播檚 court petition in light of the legislation, he replied that 香蕉视频直播渢he Province always has the ability to govern, and that香蕉视频直播檚 what we香蕉视频直播檙e doing. The court process, that香蕉视频直播檚 up to the City of Surrey.香蕉视频直播�

Asked when his ministry will file a formal response to Surrey香蕉视频直播檚 court petition, Farnworth replied 香蕉视频直播渢hat work is done by the legal services branch and they make those decisions.香蕉视频直播�

At Monday night香蕉视频直播檚 regular council meeting, Locke doubled down on Surrey council香蕉视频直播檚 majority position to stick with the RCMP.

She said she香蕉视频直播檚 instructed city staff to undertake a review of the policing transition, from day one to now. 香蕉视频直播淚 want us in Surrey to have a clear understanding of what has transpired over the last five years.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淢y position, this council香蕉视频直播檚 position, has not changed,香蕉视频直播� Locke said. 香蕉视频直播淚 continue to oppose the transition because of the extraordinary cost for Surrey taxpayers that will deliver no public safety benefit.香蕉视频直播�

Locke added it香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播渟imply not feasible香蕉视频直播� for Farnworth to say that a police service representing just 25 per cent of frontline officers today is best positioned to be Surrey香蕉视频直播檚 police of jurisdiction.

香蕉视频直播淭he SPS is top-heavy and it香蕉视频直播檚 failed to recruit anywhere near the number of frontline officers needed to be the police of jurisdiction in the city. Surrey Police (Service) recruitment efforts are and will continue to be destabilizing for police services throughout Metro Vancouver and around the province. Let me be very clear again 香蕉视频直播� I will not sit on the sidelines and accept a provincial plan that will cost Surrey taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, lead to significant tax increases, and that will deliver no public safety benefit.香蕉视频直播�