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Surrey Police Denied Request to Delay Next Step in Transition Plan: Chief
Surrey Police must take full control of Cloverdale by April 1 amid 46 extortion cases this year, despite requests to postpone the transition from RCMP.
- On Feb. 18, 2026, the B.C. government denied Surrey Police Service's request to delay and ordered SPS to assume responsibility for all of Cloverdale by April 1, 2026.
- Facing an unprecedented extortion wave, SPS sought a four-month delay request as redeploying more than 40 SPS officers reduced staffing, prompting a revised timeline recommendation.
- The Surrey Police Service had planned a staged Cloverdale transition, while investigating 6 extortion incidents and managing 32 active files, according to police sources.
- The province named a six-person advisory group chaired by Paul Dadwal, and Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger said support continues as talks with the Surrey Police Board, unions, and legal counsel proceed.
- The advisory group aims to bridge community and system gaps as the RCMP remains engaged while Chief Lipinski warns the response levels could weaken due to the timeline, the group says.
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B.C. launches advisory group on extortion while denying SPS request to delay next phase of RCMP transition
The head of the community advisory group tasked with helping the provincial government and police address the wave of extortion south of the Fraser River admits he has a big job ahead.
The Chief of Police has unsuccessfully requested that the transition be postponed due to the impact on his staff of the extortion crisis in Surrey.
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Police in Surrey, B.C., denied request to delay next step in transition plan: chief
The chief of the Surrey Police Service says his force, which has been swamped with extortion cases, has been denied by the B.C. government its request to delay the transition from the RCMP. Chief Norm Lipinski says in a statement that his officers had originally planned for a "staged transition...
Police in Surrey, B.C., denied request to delay next step in transition plan: chief – Energeticcity.ca
SURREY — The chief of the Surrey Police Service says his force, which has been swamped with extortion cases, has been denied by the B.C. government its request to delay the transition from the RCMP. Chief Norm Lipinski says in a statement that his officers had originally planned for a “staged transition” of the Cloverdale region, taking over policing on the south side in April and the north side in July. Lipinski says he asked four a four-month …
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