SURREY RCMP - Partnering with Community Organizations.

Tuesday April 1st ( Bad day for a meeting) But no Joke we had Staff Sgt. Scott Campbell as our featured speaker updating us on policing in Surrey and the way in which the Surrey Detatchment has partnered with Community Organizations to bring the best outcomes in policing and solutions to our community.

Scott advised us that the City of Surrey does not have its own police force like Vancouver but contracts with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to provide municipal level police services. The Surrey Detachment is the largest RCMP Detachment in Canada with 661 police (regular and civilian) members and a support staff of 250 municipal employees. Surrey RCMP is also the second largest municipal police force in the province, based on authorized police strength alone. 

Now with the movement of E division to Surrey, we probably have more police per capita in our city during the daytime than any other municipality (My thought not Scott's) 

Scott advised that Surrey is divided into 5 districts for policing.
District 1 - Whalley/City Centre
District 2 - Guildford/Fleetwood
District 3 - Newton
District 4 - Cloverdale/Port Kells
District 5 - South Surrey.

Scott mentioned that the regular meetings with a group representing key community groups allows them to build consensus on acheiving a shared vision for the City. There are many volunteers that enable this to happen over 28,000 volunteer  hours in 2012. 

Scott shared much more than this quick excerpt provides and we thank him for taking the time to update us.. Oh! by the way Scott is a Rotarian.Giving to the community in his spare time as well as in his vocation. President Elect Garry Thind presented Scott with a token of our appreciation.