Surrey setting up team of experts to oversee policing transition

Surrey will rely on a team of experts to develop a new municipal policing model and a plan to change from the RCMP to a local police department, according to the city’s new general manager of policing transition.
Last week, at its inaugural meeting, Surrey council unanimously directed staff to immediately create a Surrey Police Department and notify the federal and provincial governments that the city is ending its RCMP contract.
On Wednesday, the City of Surrey announced that it had tappe