Surrey, BC, to Ask Court to Review Provincial Order to Stay With Municipal Police

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke listens during a news conference about the city's municipal police force transition, in Surrey, B.C., on April 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The City of Surrey says it will file a petition with the Supreme Court of British Columbia for a judicial review of the provincial government’s order forcing it to continue the transition to a municipal police force.

The city was in the process of reverting to the RCMP when the provincial government ordered it to resume the shift to the Surrey Police Service.