{"id":897828,"date":"2026-09-16T11:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897828\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:22:12","slug":"mayor-locke-slams-release-of-two-high-risk-offenders-into-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897828\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Locke slams release of two high-risk offenders into Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PAGE-1-BRENDA-LOCKE.jpg\" data-caption=\"Brenda Locke\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"829\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PAGE-1-BRENDA-LOCKE.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"PAGE 1 BRENDA LOCKE\"\/><\/a>Brenda Locke<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SURREY Mayor Brenda Locke said in a statement on Tuesday that it was \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d to have two high-risk offenders released into Surrey in just two days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said: \u201cAccording to public warnings issued by the Surrey Police Service, both Jonathon Anders Muzychka and Skylar Wayne Pelletier, designated high-risk offenders with histories of serious violent offences, will be residing in our community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe fact that both individuals are subject to extensive court-ordered conditions, electronic monitoring, curfews and ongoing police oversight underscores the risk authorities believe they pose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is completely unacceptable and we need to do better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSurrey is home to more than 700,000 people, including families, children and seniors. Yet once again, our city is being forced to accommodate individuals who present a significant risk to public safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile I support rehabilitation and recognize that successful reintegration must be part of our justice system, communities should not be expected to bear an unfair burden when it comes to housing offenders who pose a significant risk to the public. Muzychka and Pelletier are not welcome in Surrey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cResidents have every right to question why Surrey continues to be selected for these placements. Responsibility for managing high-risk offenders must be shared fairly across jurisdictions, rather than concentrated in a single community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am calling on the federal Minister of Justice to deliver concrete action to strengthen public protections and ensure communities like Surrey do not bear an undue burden in managing high-risk offenders. Surrey residents deserve accountability and results. Their safety must be the overriding priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brenda Locke SURREY Mayor Brenda Locke said in a statement on Tuesday that it was \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-897828","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\/897828","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=897828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}