{"id":952271,"date":"2026-10-30T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952271\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T19:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T19:54:12","slug":"todd-matsumoto-is-the-new-chief-of-surrey-police-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952271\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Matsumoto is the new Chief of Surrey Police Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SPS-Interim-Chief-Todd-Matsumoto.jpg\" data-caption=\"SPS Interim Chief Todd Matsumoto&#010;Photo: SPS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"1046\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SPS-Interim-Chief-Todd-Matsumoto-696x1046.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"SPS Interim Chief Todd Matsumoto\"\/><\/a>SPS Interim Chief Todd Matsumoto<br \/>\nPhoto: SPS<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Surrey Police Board on Friday announced that Todd Matsumoto has been appointed Chief Constable of Surrey Police Service (SPS) effective October 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an exciting day for Surrey Police Service,\u201d said Perm Jawanda, Surrey Police Board Chair. \u201cWe are confident Todd Matsumoto is the right leader to guide SPS forward as we continue building a strong, modern and effective police service for the people of Surrey\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment follows a comprehensive national search process led by a respected executive search firm. The process included a thorough community and stakeholder engagement process, seeking input on a broad array of topics including challenges for and desired attributes of the new Chief Constable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matsumoto has been a senior police executive with over three decades of leadership experience in municipal policing and public safety. During the past several years, he has held leadership roles across many of the most significant initiatives in the SPS\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is an honour to continue to serve and lead Surrey Police Service,\u201d said Matsumoto. \u201cOur greatest assets are our people and our relationship with the community we serve. My focus will continue to be transparency, consistent communication and relationship-based leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matsumoto assumed the role of Interim Chief Constable last June. At the time, SPS was facing a period of significant organizational change. Matsumoto brought stability, strengthened the organization\u2019s relationships, and was instrumental in the successful renewal of the collective agreement with the Surrey Police Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Surrey Police Union believes Chief Constable Matsumoto is the right person for the job,\u201d said Sgt. Ryan Buhrig, President of the Surrey Police Union. \u201cHis appointment is a positive signal to our members on the bright future of SPS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPS Interim Chief Todd Matsumoto Photo: SPS THE Surrey Police Board on Friday announced that Todd Matsumoto has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-952271","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\/952271","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=952271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}