City of Surrey's Annual Financial Report 2021

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS POLICING TRANSITION

In 2018 Council established the department of Policing Transition 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. 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 2021 Accomplishments and Performance Measures for RCMP Support Services are located within the RCMP Departmental Overview of the Annual Financial Plan.

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• Provided ongoing secretariat services for the Surrey Police Transition Trilateral Committee ("SPTTC") and sub-groups to support the transfer of policing services from the RCMP to Surrey Police Service ("SPS"). • Supported the deployment of the first group of 50 SPS officers into the municipal police unit as part of the first phase of the transition.

• Completed legal agreements between the Province, the RCMP, SPS and the Board to support the implementation of the first phase of the transition. • Supported the development of a detailed plan for SPS to become the police of jurisdiction in Surrey.

• Successfully secured a grant from UBCM for $14.2M to enhance city services in response to the pandemic for Surrey’s unsheltered and vulnerable residents.

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