Former Liberal public safety minister and solicitor general Mike Morris says the NDP provincial government is “usurping” the ability of cities to decide who polices them by introducing amendments to the Police Act on Monday designed to force Surrey to proceed with the Surrey Police Service rather than the Surrey RCMP.
Morris, who currently serves as the Official Opposition’s shadow minister to Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, said from the get-go he could not understand how the provincial government arrived at its firm stance on ordering Surrey to go with the SPS.
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