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New Surrey police board members appointed

BY , Jun 29, 2020 9:32 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

FILE - The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. Canada's national police force wants a digital tool to harvest data from a sweeping variety of online sources to provide early information on threats such as disease outbreaks and mass shootings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

File image of a City of Surrey public hearing/ Connect News

The Province has appointed the City of Surrey’s first police board members as part of Surrey’s transition from an RCMP detachment to a municipal police department.

The lieutenant governor in council has appointed seven community members under section 23(1)(c) of the Police Act to the City of Surrey’s municipal police board, joining the mayor of Surrey as chair and a municipal council appointee to complete the nine-person board:


Chief Harley Chappell, elected Chief of the Semiahmoo First Nation

Cheney Cloke, director, Fraser Health Authority

Elizabeth Model, CEO, Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association

James Carwana, mediator and arbitrator

Jaspreet Sunner, lawyer and labour relations representative, Hospital Employees’ Union

Manav Gill, manager, clinical operations, Fraser Health Authority

Meena Brisard, regional director, Canadian Union of Public Employees


Following an extensive assessment and screening process, members were chosen by aligning individual skills, competencies and attributes with the needs and responsibilities of the board and to reflect the diversity of the community. Initial appointments will range from 12 to 18 month terms.

Under the Police Act, the board is required to establish and oversee the Surrey Police Department and is subject to oversight by the director of police services, who has a statutory responsibility to superintend policing in B.C. The board has four main governance functions: employing the police and civilian employees;providing financial oversight for the police department;establishing policies and directions for the department; andmanaging service and policy complaints against the department.

The next step in the City of Surrey’s transition plan will be for the new board to hire a chief constable. Ministry staff will work with the board to assist in the transition process, including providing an orientation and training session in the coming weeks.

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