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SAFE SURREY COALITION UNVEILED ▶ FORMER MAYOR DOUG MCCALLUM CREATES NEW SLATE FOCUSED ON FIGHTING CRIME 3
On Tuesday, Surrey mayoral hopeful Doug McCallum revealed his new Safe Surrey Coalition. McCallum has recruited four council candidates to run on a crime-prevention platform in the Nov. 15 civic election. EVAN SEAL
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Former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum has recruited four council candidates in hopes of injecting new blood into the civic election campaign for his newly created Safe Surrey Coalition. McCallum stood before a small crowd Tuesday beside the Newton district policing sta-
tion and announced his team, which includes Surrey Now newspaper editor Beau Simpson, lawyer Justin Thind, business owner Rina Gill and community advocate Laurie Guerra. The coalition released more details about McCallum’s election platform, including plans to scrap the city police committee in favour of a Mayor’s Integrated Public Safety
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Council. It would be open to the public, except when dealing with legal matters or personnel issues. McCallum – who served as mayor from 1996 until he was defeated by retiring Mayor Dianne Watts in 2005 – vowed to establish minimum thresholds for police service. He said he will double the number of officers on
patrol and accelerate the hiring of 95 more officers by 2015. He said he will also double the number of bylaw officers to 48 and invest $4 million per year into a Crime Prevention Through Social Development Strategy. continued on page 3
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