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CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS
2 0 1 5 A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S
• Launched the Neighbourhood Safety
Campaign, a series of 15 community
based forums to encourage community
involvement in reporting crime and crime
prevention to enhance safety and livability.
• Hosted the second annual Block Watch
Symposium to further engage and
mobilize community residents around
issues of public safety.
• Held a Detachment Open House during
Police Week.
• Expanded the Citizens Police Academy,
a ten week program designed to give
residents an inside look into policing in
Surrey, to include both an adult and
youth stream.
• Conducted enhanced visibility and
enforcement in identified trouble areas
to suppress low level gang activity and
related shooting conflict between
rival groups.
• Championed the development of the
Surrey Mobilization and Resiliency Table
(SMART), a risk driven response model
that works in collaboration with other
human service providers to identify those
most at risk and seeks collaborative
interventions to prevent harm.
• Expanded the Vulnerable Persons Section
to include a specialized mental health unit
to strengthen outreach activities and assist
individuals with mental health, addiction
and other issues by connecting them with
resources available from community
agency partners.
• Restructured business lines to provide for
greater alignment of reactive and proactive
response units and enhanced overall
focus on crime reduction, community
engagement, crime prevention and early
intervention.
• Conducted a series of Traffic Safety
enforcement campaigns, including the
“Think of Me” initiative that helps remind
both parents and drivers about school
zone traffic safety and the hazards of
distracted driving.
• Introduced Coffee with a Cop, an initiative
designed to strengthen relationships
and public trust by providing another
opportunity for dialogue between police
and the community.
The RCMP provides policing services to the City of Surrey. The Surrey detachment responds to calls
for service, conducts and participates in criminal investigations, intelligence gathering, and enforcement
operations, and works to reduce the impact of crime on the community through education and outreach.
The Detachment is structured as follows:
CORE POLICING
Core Policing consists primarily of uniformed general duty members.
They are first responders to emergency and non-emergency calls
for service and also conduct community patrols and proactive
initiatives. The division also includes several support units, including:
the Operations Review Unit, which reviews police investigations
to ensure quality, as well as Radio Room and Cellblock Operations.
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES
Investigative Services consists primarily of plain-clothes members
organized into specialized sections such as Serious Crimes, Unsolved
Homicides, General Investigation support, Robbery and Economic Crime
Units, and also includes Interview and Target teams. The Vulnerable
Persons Unit also fall under this division, providing specialized support
with respect to Special Victims, Child Abuse, Sexual Offences,
Missing Persons, Domestic Violence and Mental Health Intervention.
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Community Services is made up of proactive enforcement teams and
community safety and service teams focused on crime reduction and
prevention, including Property Crime, Gang and Drug Enforcement
teams, uniformed traffic enforcement, School Resource and Youth at
Risk units, Bike Patrol, and district based Community Response Units.
OPERATION SUPPORT
Operations Support includes a number of specialized corporate
and client service units, such as Training Section, Member Services,
Professional Standards, Strategic Operations, Special Events and
Emergency Planning, and Media Relations. The Detachment’s
Operations and the Telephone Reporting Team round out this
division, providing support to walk-in clientele and calls for
service where police attendance is not required.
SUPPORT SERVICES
Support Services includes operational communications
(emergency 911 and non‑emergency call taking and dispatch),
records and exhibit management, court liaison, finance,
information technology, crime and business analysis, facilities
and fleet management, training and development, communications,
and cellblock operations. Support Services also delivers various
community services and programs including victim services,
youth intervention, restorative justice and crime prevention.
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