{"id":733291,"date":"2026-06-13T02:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733291\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T02:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:38:09","slug":"surrey-police-board-issues-statement-on-recent-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733291\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey Police Board issues statement on recent actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Surrey Police Board has issued a statement that states their top priority remains to be public safety while the board goes through a transition.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement, the board states that they have \u201cfull confidence in the leadership, staff, and frontline officers of the Surrey Police Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They reiterate that day-to-day operations of the Surrey Police Service (SPS) remain as usual, with no interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>The board is now focused on recruiting a new Chief Constable, including bringing on an executive search firm to assist the process.<\/p>\n<p>They will continue to plan the ongoing police transition with provincial, municipal, SPS, and RCMP partners.<\/p>\n<p>Starting the 2027 budgeting process with SPS, including consultation with the public and the City of Surrey as the funding partner.<\/p>\n<p>Working with the Surrey Police Union, Surrey Police Inspectors Association, and CUPE 402 to come to agreement on the renewal of their expired collective agreements.<\/p>\n<p>In order to continue these activities, the board has elected Perm Jawanda as the next chair of the board.<\/p>\n<p>Jawanda is a senior executive and board director with over 30 years of experience in strategic leadership, governance, and navigating complex, multi-partner environments.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Surrey Police Board has issued a statement that states their top priority remains to be public safety&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-733291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}