2018 Annual Financial Report

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS POLICING TRANSITION

In 2018 Council established the department of PolicingTransition with the responsibility to establish a Surrey Police Department. To allow the department to focus on that goal, the Bylaws Enforcement, Compliance & Licensing division moved to the Corporate Services Department in November 2018 and in early 2019 the Community Safety team transitioned to the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department. For the 2018 Annual Financial Report, the Community Safety 2018 Accomplishments are included in the PolicingTransition Departmental Overview, however, their Performance Measures have transitioned to the Parks, Recreation & Culture Department. The PolicingTransition department will develop and implement a new Surrey municipal police service and support the transition from RCMP to the new service. The department also provides advice and recommendations to City Council related to policies and emerging issues while providing leadership to RCMP Support Services. The RCMP Support Services Division is responsible for providing support to the operations of the RCMP members in the Surrey detachments and is part of the Policing Transition Department. The 2018 Accomplishments and Performance Measures for RCMP Support Services are located within the RCMP Departmental Overview of the 2018 Annual Financial Report.

2 0 1 8 A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S • Over a period of four days in June 2018, successfully supported over 210 vulnerable individuals living in the 135A Street area to move into new temporary modular accommodation in the City Centre community. • Implemented 160 units of temporary modular accommodation to address the urgent need for housing for individuals in the 135A Street area. • Worked with Realty Services and Planning & Development to identify sites for 250 additional units of long- term modular supportive housing. • Negotiated a Technical Assistance Agreement with the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department to provide advice and support in development of the Transition and Implementation Plan. • Launched the findings of the Task Force on Gang Violence Prevention, leading to the development of a new model for youth and gang violence prevention.

• Successfully advocated for $7.5 million in funding over five years to implement 11 new intervention programs in partnership with the Surrey School District, RCMP, Progressive Intercultural Community Services, Pacific Community Resources Society, Solid State Community Society, DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society, Options Community Services Society, Simon Fraser University and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. • Successfully advocated for $122,000 in research funding in partnership with Simon Fraser University to support evidence-based policy development on gang violence. • Established a Transition Team to support development of a Transition and Implementation Plan to establish a municipal police service. • Successfully advocated for $175,000 in provincial funding to support and enhance situation tables such as the Surrey Mobilization and Resiliency Table (SMART) and investigate options to establish responses to the opioid crisis.

• Continued enhancement of the integrated services model to support vulnerable people conducted an evaluation of the SMART model and finalized a proposal for the Integrated Services Network with the Province. • Co-chaired, with Fraser Health Authority, the Surrey Community Action Team (CAT) that brings together over 30 key community stakeholder groups to identify and take action on projects that will reduce the negative impacts from the opioid overdose crisis. • Successfully secured $100,000 in funding for three projects to be delivered through the Surrey CAT in 2018/19. • Completed new research with Statistics Canada, Surrey Fire Service, Public Safety, and Fraser Health Authority to inform an Opioid Response Model to guide initiatives in Surrey targeted at the opioid overdose crisis.

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