No Regrets From Mayoral Combatants as Surrey Police Take Over After Six-Year Saga

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke, back centre, and B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Garry Begg, back right, listen as Surrey Police Chief Norm Lipinski speaks during a news conference at Surrey Police headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Nov. 29, 2024. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

For years they were locked in opposition over whether to replace the RCMP in British Columbia’s second largest city with a municipal police force.

But Surrey, B.C., Mayor Brenda Locke and her predecessor, Doug McCallum, both say they have no regrets.