BRENDA Locke is so desperate to be mayor that she is coming up with all kind of distorted claims regarding the current municipal police transition in an effort to scare Surrey voters.
However, the provincial government will not reverse the process that has reached such an advanced state, government sources say.
The Province does not want to get involved in any controversy because of the October 15 municipal election, but the fact is that any reversal of the process is just not possible or practical at this stage.
The Surrey Police Service now has 352 employees with 298 sworn police officers and 54 civilians and Surrey-ites – especially South Asians – have warmly welcomed them.
“It will be extremely difficult and extremely expensive to reverse this process,” point out the sources that suggest that Locke is being highly irresponsible.
That is apparently why Locke in her desperation has come up with fantastic dollar figures that she claims will cost taxpayers to complete the transition. And that is why the Province has never taken Locke seriously over the past years.
The sources also note that even if a new Council makes a request to reverse the current transition, the Solicitor General can refuse to do so. The Solicitor General has the ultimate authority as the chief law enforcement officer in the province to decide the issue.
Locke’s claim that all those currently in the Surrey Police Service will just go back to their former police posts or be incorporated into the RCMP is considered to be downright ridiculous.
The SPS officers have already made career choices, leaving the RCMP and municipal police forces, the sources point out. This is not some kind of a joke.
Locke is only exposing her political immaturity and manipulation by pro-RCMP forces who are still dreaming of somehow keeping the RCMP in Surrey. They have used every kind of disruptive tactic, even behaving like hooligans in Surrey City Hall.
Also, any attempt to reverse the transition process will for sure lead to massive unrest and confusion that could result in even more resentment against the RCMP and endanger the law and order situation.
Locke has a long history of being a political loser at all three levels – municipal, provincial and federal – and in her desperation she will apparently say anything to try and win.
Also, that is probably why her party member Councillor Jack Hundial – a former RCMP officer — started his own transition to leave Surrey with his family. He apparently had started planning for that a couple of years ago. But Hundial and Locke kept that a secret from Surrey-ites until a few months ago.
Talk about transparency!
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