Annual Financial Report 2017

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS RCMP

The RCMP provides policing services to the City of Surrey. The Surrey detachment’s officers and support staff work with the community to identify and address local crime and safety concerns. The detachment responds to calls for service, conducts and participates in criminal investigations, intelligence gathering, and enforcement operations, and works to reduce the impact of crime on the community through education and outreach. The Detachment is structured as follows:

CORE POLICING Core Policing consists primarily of uniformed general duty members. They are first responders to emergency and non-emergency calls for service and also conduct community patrols and proactive initiatives. The division also includes several support units, including the Radio Room and Cellblock Operations. I NVESTIGATIVE SERVICES Investigative Services consists primarily of plainclothes members organized into specialized sections, such as Serious Crimes, Unsolved Homicides, General Investigation support, Robbery and Economic Crime Units, and also includes Interview and Target teams. The Vulnerable Persons Unit also fall under this division, providing specialized support with respect to special victims, child abuse, sexual offences, missing persons, domestic violence and mental health. COMMUNITY SERVICES Community Services is the home of proactive enforcement teams and community safety and service teams focused on crime reduction and prevention, including property crime, gang and drug enforcement teams, uniformed traffic enforcement, school resource and youth at risk units, bike patrol, special events and emergency planning, district based community response units and a diversity and outreach unit.

OPERATION SUPPORT Operations Support includes a number of specialized corporate and client service units, such as Training Section, Member Services, Professional Standards, Strategic Operations, Media Relations, and the Operations Review Unit. Detachment Operations and the Telephone Reporting Team also provide support to walk-in clientele and calls for service where police attendance is not required. SUPPORT SERVICES Support Services includes operational communications (emergency 911 and non-emergency call taking and dispatch), records and exhibit management, court liaison, finance, information technology, crime and business analysis, facilities and fleet management, training and development, communications, and cellblock operations. Support Services also delivers various community services and programs including victim services, youth intervention, restorative justice and crime prevention.

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• Engaged Surrey youth through various programs in partnership with the Surrey School District. Visited 1,269 elementary school, as part of the Hi 5 program and expanded the Code Blue program to provide more elementary school students fitness and mentoring opportunities with police. • Conducted a series of road safety enforcement and awareness campaigns targeting hotspots and high collision areas, as well as dangerous practices and behaviours such as speeding and impaired and distracted driving. • Received Police Team of the Year award by the Surrey Board of Trade.

• Administered naloxone 143 times to address overdose and exposure concerns related to the emerging opioid crisis. • Reduced the number of shootings by proactively targeting individuals associated to the drug trade and gang related violence with the Surrey Gang Enforcement Team (SGET). • Participated in numerous strategies and initiatives that utilized crime analysis to identify prolific and priority offenders, as well as problem locations, to target proactive enforcement. 103 priority target offenders were interdicted and/or arrested. • Continued to focus on problem properties, including drug houses, unlicensed recovery homes and rooming houses.

• Responded to over 121,000 calls for service where the average response time to emergency (Priority 1) calls was just over 7.5 minutes. Also issued over 14,000 violation tickets and conducted nearly 1,000 impaired investigations. • Attended over 174 community events to enhance visibility and access to police, engage in dialogue, build positive relationships and provide information to promote public safety. • Received the Arnold Silzer Community Policing Initiative Award from the Surrey Board of Trade for strategies to address public safety and health issues in the 135A Street area.

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