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Judge orders information sealed in Surrey’s police transition case

City wants to quash provincial order to replace the RCMP with the Surrey Police Service
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The City of Surrey and the province are facing off over Surrey’s policing transition plans this week in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (Black Press Media photo)

Justice Kevin Loo sealed three of six pieces of information contained in an affidavit as the City of Surrey and the provincial government face off in court over the city’s policing transition.

This came in response to a provincial government application made on the first day of the City of Surrey’s petition for a judicial review that’s aimed at quashing Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth’s order to replace the RCMP with the Surrey Police Service.

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About the Author: Tom Zytaruk

I write unvarnished opinion columns and unbiased news reports for the Surrey Now-Leader.
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