Surrey North Delta Leader, April 02, 2015

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SURREY COMING BACK FROM RECEIVES 34 A CRASH AND BURN NEW COPS – FROM 2014 ▶ ICBC SPEAKER JOHN WESTHAVER SHARES DETAILS OF SURVIVING A HORRIFIC CAR ACCIDENT 21 YEARS AGO TO MOTIVATE TEENS TO STAY SAFE BEHIND THE WHEEL 2

▶ THE CITY STILL NEEDS 100 MORE MOUNTIES TO FULFILL ITS RECRUITMENT REQUEST FOR 2015

continue to arrive at Surrey Detachment. As of the end of New police recruits have March, we will have welcomed arrived in Surrey, amounting to 34 new cadets in Surrey this 34 new positions as of the end year.” of March. However, The Leader has But it’s a game of catch-up, it learned those 34 new cadets turns out. were owed to Surrey from last The information about year’s policing request. additional officers coming to The new cadets bring the the city was outlined this week Surrey RCMP detachment to in an RCMP newsletter that 703 members, meanincluded a statement ing the city still has to from Surrey RCMP convince the federal Officer in Charge Chief government to send Supt. Bill Fordy. 100 more recruits to The “Message from Surrey this year. the Officer in Charge” The RCMP training points to Surrey depot in Regina, which council’s promise to provides newly minted add 100 officers to the Mounties for the entire detachment this year, country, has hit critical bringing the total comlows since 2008. plement up to 803. Seven years ago 1,783 “While we are all cadets had enrolled. Bill Fordy eager for these new That number dropped resources to arrive, to 340 in 2013. the process to increase Depot told The Leadstaffing this significantly does er last year that cadet numbers take some time and and it came back up to 960 in 2014, involves the municipal, provinbut the figure is still lower than cial and federal governments,” what it was in 2008. Fordy said. “However, new members continued on page 3 KEVIN DIAKIW

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