City of Surrey's 2024 Annual Financial Report

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS SURREY POLICE SERVICE

Surrey Police Service (“SPS”) is a progressive, community-based police service that values diversity, partnerships, and accountability as it works to enhance public safety and community well-being. • Honour – We serve our community with pride and can be depended on to uphold the public’s trust in everything we do. • Integrity – We are honest, ethical, and accountable, committed to doing what is right and to guarding the rights and security of others. • Respect – We recognize each person’s inherent dignity and worth, and work to build strong, healthy, collaborative relationships within our community and team. • Courage – We respond to the moral and physical challenges of policing with purpose and determination persevering in the face of adversity and fear. • Compassion – We work to listen, understand and help, responding to the suffering of others with empathy, humility, and concern. • Inclusiveness – We welcome and celebrate diverse peoples, cultures and ideas, knowing that— together—we can achieve more.

COMMUNITY POLICING BUREAU The Community Policing Bureau is comprised of uniformed police officers and civilian employees who work directly with the community. Frontline officers respond to calls for service and conduct proactive policing, while other teams provide services related to call response/dispatch, road safety, community safety, youth intervention, community engagement and consultation, and prisoner management. The programs and services delivered by this Bureau support victims, clients, residents, youth, vulnerable populations, and businesses. INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES BUREAU Crimes that involve violence, vulnerable individuals, organized crime, and prolific offenders require enhanced investigative resources, skills, and techniques. The Investigative Services Bureau deals with major crimes, special investigations, and proactive enforcement with plainclothes units and specialty teams using conventional and covert investigative techniques to deal with serious and complex crimes.

CORPORATE SERVICES BUREAU The Corporate Services Bureau supports SPS employees and operations with both sworn and civilian employees. Those responsible for recruitment, training, and professional conduct, ensure that the right people are in the right roles, with the right tools, training, and guidance. Other teams provide services related to information and evidence management, public services, administration, court services, facilities, fleet, procurement, and technology. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONSTABLE The Office of the Chief Constable supports the Chief in carrying out his responsibilities in the administration and leadership of SPS. The teams provide support and advice to the Chief Constable on a variety of matters, as well as services related to legal, financial, planning, and communications. The Office of the Chief Constable supports the strategic planning process and assists the organization in meeting its goals and objectives. LOWER MAINLAND INTEGRATED TEAMS SPS participates in the Lower Mainland Integrated Teams, which provide specialized police services to many police agencies and RCMP detachments in the region.

2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Launched the Community Safety Operations Centre, which provides 24/7, live-time supervision and monitoring of all incidents and police resources in the city • Hired 91 experienced officers, 34 recruits, and 30 civilian staff, and successfully transitioned 390 civilian support staff to SPS as a part of the change in police of jurisdiction

• Launched a cloud-based Digital Evidence Management System ("DEMS") that allows police to securely capture, store, manage and share digital evidence in a more efficient manner • Established the annual SPS Youth Soccer Academy with 75 youth attending a week long soccer academy with first responders and community partners

• Took steps to encourage more women to consider a career in policing including hosting an Introduction to Policing Workshop for Women and joining the 30x30 initiative with a pledge to have 30% female recruits by 2030

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