Surrey91裸聊视频檚 top Mountie Brian Edwards is set to present before city council Monday a 91裸聊视频渇ramework for maintaining the RCMP as Police of Jurisdiction in Surrey.91裸聊视频�

Council will consider a corporate report, of the same name, asking the politicians to endorse a proposed framework containing Surrey91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频減riorities, goals and objectives for policing in 202391裸聊视频� and direct staff to present a 91裸聊视频渇inal plan91裸聊视频� for maintaining the Surrey RCMP as the city91裸聊视频檚 police force for council91裸聊视频檚 endorsement at its Dec. 12 council meeting.

91裸聊视频淭his report provides a framework for the City to maintain the RCMP as the Police of Jurisdiction in Surrey,91裸聊视频� the corporate report states. 91裸聊视频淭his framework will guide the development of the final plan to maintain the RCMP as the Police of Jurisdiction in Surrey which will be presented to Council for endorsement on December 12, 2022, should Council endorse the recommendations of this report.

Monday91裸聊视频檚 corporate report 91裸聊视频� by Surrey91裸聊视频檚 manager of community services Terry Waterhouse, manager of finance Kam Grewal, and manager of corporate services Rob Costanzo 91裸聊视频� states that a 91裸聊视频減roject team91裸聊视频� will oversee development of the final plan which, if approved by council on Dec. 12, will be submitted to Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth for consideration by Dec. 15.

At council91裸聊视频檚 last meeting on Nov. 14 Mayor Brenda Locke91裸聊视频檚 Surrey Connect majority on a 5-4 vote directed city staff to prepare a plan toward that end.

The project team is comprised of Edwards, Waterhouse, consultants Tonia Enger and Dr. Peter German 91裸聊视频� who has held high positions including the RCMP91裸聊视频檚 national director general of financial crime and president of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform 91裸聊视频� with senior members of the RCMP and city staff providing 91裸聊视频渟trategic and administrative support.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭he Plan, if endorsed, will provide a comprehensive update on the status of the transition to date and highlights the significant amount of work still required,91裸聊视频� the report coming before council on Monday states. It also notes the contractual requirement for the RCMP to continue to be the city91裸聊视频檚 police of jurisdiction is 91裸聊视频渁lready in place.91裸聊视频�

It notes that the number of Mounties assigned to the Surrey RCMP 91裸聊视频渉as not been reduced and remains91裸聊视频� at 843, with 58 of those assigned to Lower Mainland District Integrated Teams and 91裸聊视频渘ot located91裸聊视频� within the Surrey RCMP detachment.

91裸聊视频淎s such, the Surrey Detachment strength is considered 785 Members, although 51 of these positions are not currently funded,91裸聊视频� the corporate report states. It adds that 91裸聊视频渁s of this date,91裸聊视频� 168 Surrey Police Service officers are 91裸聊视频減roviding policing services to Surrey residents91裸聊视频� under the RCMP91裸聊视频檚 command.

While 91裸聊视频渟ome preliminary discussions91裸聊视频� on legal agreements have been held, 91裸聊视频渟ubstantive details have not been worked out, nor have agreements been drafted,91裸聊视频� the corporate report notes. 91裸聊视频淪uch agreements may require approval of all parties, and likely Cabinet endorsement at both the Federal and Provincial levels. Based on the experience of prior negotiations, it is reasonable to assume the negotiations of these legal agreements will take 6 - 9 months.91裸聊视频�

Meantime, the budget and 91裸聊视频減ractical implications of a holding pattern on deployment and demobilization while these legal agreements are prepared and signed off are significant and will require the City to continue to fund through most of 2023 a complement of non-deployed SPS police officers far in excess of the City91裸聊视频檚 ability to pay,91裸聊视频� it continues.

The priorities, goals and objectives for policing in Surrey in 2023 include development of a staffing plan to provide employment, 91裸聊视频渨here possible,91裸聊视频� to civilian and sworn SPS officers who are integrated into the Surrey RCMP 91裸聊视频渢o allow for continued and enhanced career development opportunities,91裸聊视频� as well as develop and implement an Infrastructure Plan which will see the current information systems and equipment assets purchased on behalf of the SPS, repurposed by other entities within the City of Surrey.91裸聊视频�

The objective for 2023 is to maintain a minimum service level of 734 RCMP officers 91裸聊视频渁s soon as possible to ensure adequate and effective policing in 2023 and beyond91裸聊视频� and to 91裸聊视频渄evelop and implement a plan for SPS to provide Assigned Officers to support91裸聊视频� operation of the Municipal Police Unit91裸聊视频� as the RCMP 91裸聊视频渟taffs up to full funded strength consistent with an agreed staffing plan.91裸聊视频�

And then there are the financial considerations. The city91裸聊视频檚 policing operations budget for 2023 will include funding for the RCMP contract, city police support services and SPS. The financial plan it adopted for 2022 91裸聊视频� 2026 allocates a combined budget of $202.4 million for fiscal year 2023, for policing operations, with proposed budgets to be presented to council 91裸聊视频渓ikely in early in 2023.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭o finalize the budget requirements for 2023,91裸聊视频� the corporate report notes, Surrey 91裸聊视频渞equires approval91裸聊视频� from Farnworth of its intention to stick with the RCMP..

91裸聊视频淭his will allow staff to determine a proposed start date for the implementation of the plan. Collaborative work with the RCMP and the SPS will then take place to determine the cadence of RCMP ramp up and SPS ramp down and confirm corresponding budget allocations required.91裸聊视频�

Surrey 91裸聊视频渆nvisions91裸聊视频� a decision from Farnworth in January 2023 decision 91裸聊视频渁nd a ramp up of RCMP and ramp down of SPS beginning in March

2023.91裸聊视频�

Meanwhile, the Surrey Police Board91裸聊视频檚 next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 30. The agenda for that meeting on that day.

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