party campaigned on. “We need to keep the Surrey RCMP right here in Surrey,” she said during her election night victory speech.of a one-time 55% property tax increase if the City were to complete the transition to the Surrey Police Service, saying that “it is abundantly clear that a switch to the Surrey Police Service would create an untenable financial burden for Surrey taxpayers during these challenging economic times.
“It is now clear just how much this misguided experiment to change policing in Surrey is costing Surrey residents and businesses,” Mayor Locke said. “The money wasted by the policing transition, combined with the so-called 2.9% property tax rate for four years implemented by the previous Council, means we are now having to play catch up on core City services, such as the hiring of firefighters and bylaw officers.
Farnworth has the final say on the matter, and a decision was expected before February. However, on January 26, Farnworth