Public safety minister dangles funding in front of city council while wielding staff-shortage stick.
The controversy over the future of policing in Surrey shows no sign of ending any time soon, even though the provincial government appears to have neatly placed a straitjacket on that city’s council.
Farnworth adopted the recommendations in the lengthy report from Glen Lewis, his ministry’s director of police services. The report concludes sticking with the RCMP would jeopardize the safety of Surrey residents because of the force’s serious and ongoing staff shortages. Now, given that staff shortages are plaguing all parts of society – health care, construction, ferries etc. – it is not entirely certain that Surrey Police Services will fill all their positions in the three-year time frame envisioned in the police services director’s report.
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