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City of surrey Overviews
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• Launched a new online reporting system that
allows citizens to report less serious offences
over the internet.
• Conducted operational reviews and staffing
analysis to identify workload and resource
pressures, as well as opportunities for
enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.
• Launched the “Observe it. Report it.”
awareness campaign to educate the public
on the importance of reporting crime and the
various ways to report crime and suspicious
behaviour.
• Delivered 92 crime prevention presentations
to 2,672 participants, as well as 43 community
safety presentations targeting over 1,100
newcomers and refugees.
• Hosted an inaugural Block Watch Symposium,
in partnership with other City Departments
and ICBC, to engage and mobilize over 350
community members around issues of public
safety.
• Conducted a series of Traffic Safety
enforcement campaigns coinciding with
hotspots and high collision areas and targeting
dangerous practices and behaviours on our
roadways.
• Held Open House events at our District Offices
during Police Week and Doors Open, and
launched a new Pop-Up Detachment program
to provide citizens with an opportunity to meet
local police and see interactive displays on the
work being done by Surrey RCMP.
• Launched the Surrey Steps Up campaign to
encourage community involvement in creating
positive change in neighbourhoods to enhance
safety and liveability.
• Continued to partner with ICBC and Surrey
Crime Prevention Society on the “Protect it,
Lock it, Keep it” auto crime awareness and
prevention campaign.
• Introduced the Citizens Police Academy – a
ten-week program designed to give residents
an inside look into policing in Surrey.
The RCMP provides policing services to the City of Surrey. The Surrey detachment’s officers and support staff
work with the community to identify and address local crime and safety concerns. The detachment responds
to calls for service, conducts and participates in criminal investigations, intelligence gathering, enforcement
operations, and works to reduce the impact of crime on the community through education and outreach. The
detachment is structured as follows:
OPERATIONS
Operations 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;
Cellblock Operations; Detachment Operations, which provides support
to walk-in clientele and calls for service where police attendance is not
required; and the newly established Vulnerable Persons Section, which
provides specialized support with respect to Missing Persons, Domestic
Violence and Mental Health Intervention.
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES
The Investigative Services Division consists primarily of plain‑clothes
members organized into specialized sections such as Drugs,
Property Crimes, Major Crimes and Special Projects Intelligence and
Enforcement. This division also includes Investigation Support units
focused on Gang Enforcement, Unsolved Homicides, and Special
Victims and Sexual Offences.
OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES
Operations Support Services is made up of uniformed traffic
enforcement and pro-active community policing members,
including School Liaison and Youth-at-Risk teams and District-based
Neighbourhood Liaison and Crime Reduction Units. The division
also includes a number of specialized support units, such as Media
Relations, Professional Standards, and Corporate & Client Services.
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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