SPS assumes command for overall policing responsibilities in Surrey on November 29

SURREY Police Service (SPS) continues to grow its team with the recent addition of 40 police officers and 11 civilian employees, bringing SPS’s head count to 476. SPS has now hired 410 police officers, which is over half of the 785 police officers it will eventually have when the transition is fully completed.

On September, 13 new recruit constables were sworn in by SPS before heading to the Justice Institute of BC for training at the Police Academy. A few days later, the newest civilian employees were officially welcomed to SPS, and 27 experienced officers were sworn in at a special ceremony held on September 9. This group of experienced officers have been hired for a variety of positions in investigative services, frontline, youth services, traffic, and other units. They will first go through SPS’s onboarding program before they are deployed into their respective positions.

These police and civilian staff have all chosen to work for SPS and in Surrey because of the opportunities that both offer them and their families, the SPS said.

“All of our police officers and civilian staff have been part of something historic in building a police service specifically designed to serve the large, diverse, and vibrant City of Surrey,” said Chief Constable Norm Lipinski on Monday. “These 51 new employees, like the hundreds who joined before them, will make important contributions to our organization and to the community they will serve.”

On November 29, Lipinski and SPS will assume command for overall policing responsibilities in Surrey. SPS’s next class of experienced officers will start on October 21, and the next recruit class will join SPS in late December.

More information about careers with Surrey Police Service can be found at www.surreypolice.ca/careers.