{"id":486106,"date":"2026-02-19T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486106\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:56:10","slug":"surrey-police-chief-warns-force-needs-more-officers-to-take-over-cloverdale-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486106\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey police chief warns force needs more officers to take over Cloverdale &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Surrey\u2019s police chief is warning his force does not have enough officers, just weeks ahead of assuming responsibility for another part of the city.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Starting April 1, the Surrey Police Service is supposed to be taking over District 4, the Cloverdale area, from the RCMP.<\/p>\n<p>However, Chief Norm Lipinski says 40 officers have been redeployed to the Extortion Task Force and the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/surrey-police-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Surrey Police Service<\/a> needs about 70 more officers to maintain public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Lipinski says an alternate plan was developed to push that deadline back by four months, but the provincial government said no.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Surrey mayor pushes Ottawa for action on extortion violence'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/web_am_extortion_PIC.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t6:36<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSurrey mayor pushes Ottawa for 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src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771534570_324_CP175768246.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tDemocrats probe Trump donor\u2019s \u2018influence\u2019 over Gordie Howe bridge threat\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am confident, based on the director of policing\u2019s analysis of all the available information, the detailed plans that have been in the works for many months, that we are ready for the District 4 transition,\u201d B.C.\u2019s Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd again, public safety is our utmost priority and it\u2019s important to note that the RCMP remain fully engaged and will continue to be engaged as we complete the transition to District 4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an internal memo, Lipinski said the Surrey Police Service was consulting the province, police board and legal counsel about the 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