Sticking with RCMP would save Surrey, B.C., $235 million: report

SURREY, B.C. — City council in Surrey, B.C., has voted to send a plan to the province to keep the RCMP as its police force, saying it would save $235 million over five years.
Mayor Brenda Locke, who campaigned on a promise to retain the RCMP, says that savings for Surrey taxpayers is enormous and the city must stick with the Mounties because it can’t afford to make the change. 
The report says the cost of 734 officers with the Surrey Police Service would be $249,460 per officer,