British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Surreyresidents will know Friday who will police the Metro Vancouver city: the RCMP or a municipal police service.
The government is set to announce its decision on the future of policing in the city, Farnworth said Thursday.
Surrey was well into the process of switching away from RCMP to the independent Surrey Police Service when voters elected a mayor who opposed the change.
The indecision has cost Surrey taxpayers many millions of dollars, but Mayor Brenda Locke said the transition back to RCMP will be less expensive than the change to the police service….