Keep The RCMP In Surrey B.C.

Excerpt: "In the middle of a growing pandemic with unknowable economic impacts, Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum is taking money from the pockets of families instead of stopping his expensive and unpopular police transition plan," said Brian Sauvé, President of the National Police Federation. "Imposing a tax increase of at least 8% at a time when COVID-19 is spreading at an alarming rate, is shockingly irresponsible and out-of-touch with Surrey families." The Mayor willingly gave up $20.4 million in federal and provincial subsidies and tax benefits associated with the previous RCMP contract, which Surrey taxpayers are also left to cover https://www.newswire.ca//surrey-wrong-to-hike-taxes-at-lea

Meeting requested by KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN Dear Surrey Police Board Members I believe that Surrey Mayor McCallum has attempted to convince you that the KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN is a small group of radicals that makes a lot of noise and is not worth recognizing as opposition to his goal of getting the Surrey Police Department up and running as soon as possible. We would like to correct his self-deluding beliefs to you, by again offering the following bona fi...Continue reading

RETRACTION REQUIRED MS. GUERRA Ms. Guerra With reference to your allegations against the KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN, I would like to answer you as follows:... The time that KTRIS arrived at your home to deliver two lawn signs, we were delivering to the person who lived there, in good faith, from a telephone caller who left a message and an address (evidently yours) for delivery for two signs as soon as possible and to collect a donation that would be waiting. At that stage we were making up to 30 deliveries per day around Surrey and we were trying to expedite requests for signs as soon as possible. The delivery ladies arrived at the given address and one went up to the house to make contact and deliver the signs. She was rudely dismissed by an older man who angrily stated that he did not support our campaign and he did not want any lawn signs. The lady immediately turned around and left taking the signs with her. We did NOT know we had been sent to your address until the RCMP came to my home investigating your claims of harassment and they finally requested us not to speak about the incident - which request we have diligently observed. It is thus our belief that some SSC supporters of yours set us up to go to your home assuming that you would call the RCMP and claim harassment against us. (My phone number has been shown on all signs delivered to date and therefore was easily found, and would have been easily used). This was definitely not done intentionally by us, and neither do we believe that you had any hand in it either. At no time at all did these ladies, much older than you, ever argue with or threaten anyone at your home, so we do not understand your claims to be afraid for your safety. We trust that we have answered the unwarranted statements made by you against us during the council meeting of Nov 9. We therefore request that you make a revised public statement at the meeting on Nov 23, and retract your allegations against us in this matter. We have never, nor will we ever, do anything or threaten anyone with any bodily harm who disagrees with our campaign. We do not need a response to this email - the only response we require is your retraction as requested above. If you decide not to do this, please let us know which will cause us to review our further public options. Sincerely Ivan Michael Scott Coordinator KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN [email protected] 604-531-7028

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!! Hi everybody As the budget is coming down for public participation on Friday and everything in it affects all of us in some way shape or form, in McCallum's headlong drive to bring his Surrey Police Service asap in spite of the Covid pandemic. Accordingly, it behooves every single one of us in Surrey to protest this and let our voices be heard. ...Continue reading

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THIS IS LETTER WAS SENT TO THE MAYOR AND HIS 4 COUNCILLORS BY A CONCERNED CITIZEN. I know it's usually futile to try and talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance, but thought I would try. 1. Majority of citizens did NOT vote for your platform - your group had 45,000, there were 58,000 citizens who voted against your platform ( split vote or not )... 2. When you voted in Nov. 2018 it was on an IDEA with no substance. The mayor handed you an empty box, you then agreed to spending millions not knowing what the contents would be. 3. Thankfully we have some Councillors who used their brains and saw through this blind process. 4. You undemocratically rushed a basic budget through, not knowing what the TOTAL costs would be and still don't. Right now, the proposed Police & Transition budget to 2024 s $1,013.8 billion to give us less officers for more money. 5. A Citizens Consultation Survey was done with the results kept hidden until Christmas Eve ( of all days ), showing the majority of citizens did NOT want a new police force 6. First item in the box was ONLY a 151 page very flawed transition report, done by DCC Steve Rai of Vancouver PD with assistance from Bob Rolls, Nahanni Pollard and Curt Griffiths ( not by Curt alone Councillor Guerra ) and Wally Oppel. The guidelines to setup a WHOLE new police department. RIDICOLOUS, it takes more than that to start a small business. 7. Report was sent to Wally Oppal's Committee, who perused it in a just a few days, adding a 150 more pages, before sending to BC govt with lots of assumptions. 8. BC govt returned a 455-page report with a lot of redactions, still not complete and again NO total cost. 9. Next a Police Board was installed, picked by BC govt and McCallum via Bob Rolls who was on the selection committee ( wasn't that convenient ) 2 of these members do not even live in Surrey neither does the Executive Director, it also has McCallum as chair in a conflict-of-interest position especially as far as the budget. 10. Then came the posting for a Police Chief with only 2 weeks closing date, which is again ridiculous for such a position. 11. You may think your off the hook, far from it. As much as McCallum may keep saying this is a done deal. It's NOT 12. To the councillors who continue to support this process, you are showing you are NOT a benefit to the OUR City and the Citizens In conclusion, no level of government or Police Force can govern or police a community without the clear consent of its citizens FYI the vast majority of the people in Surrey, have not and will not consent to any change in Police services in our community without an , inclusive consultation process of all stakeholders along with a presentation of a clear transition plan with costs and final assent or otherwise of the electorate through the ballot box !,'' Regards Hilary Thomas A Concerned Citizen

Noise Rally Around City Hall Nov 23 Hello Folks Tomorrow evening Nov 23 we are planning to have a Drive Around City Hall Noise Rally from 7pm for 40 minutes during council meeting - honking and honking. No protests other than this. Please come out in support - we have had disappointing turnouts previously for the number of people receiving this email. We need action from you, not attaboys for us - ACTION please. Let's show the mayor we mean business. Otherwise, what is the po...int of any of this? Let's all walk the talk tomorrow evening and help us get at least 150 cars out there. Assemble at the Safeway parking lot no later than 6.45pm @ 104 and King George. See you there? Ivan Michael Scott Coordinator KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN [email protected]

POLICE CHIEF ANNOUNCEMENT? Dear Surrey Police Board It has come to our attention that there is a rumour circulating that Mr. McCallum is pressuring your board to announce the Surrey police chief elect tomorrow Nov 12. It is our belief if this is so, that this is a typical case of distraction politics by Mr. McCallum in his conflict-of-interest role as mayor, to deflect attention away from the proposed 2021 Surrey City Budget that he is due to publicly publish on Friday Nov 13... - a tactic he has used many times before. This is going to be one of the most controversial budgets in Surrey's history due to the money that has been, and is still being spent on the transition to the very much unwanted Surrey Police Service which you are facilitating and overseeing, and how he has diverted funds from everywhere else in Surrey to pay for it. The Mayor should have stopped the transition in its tracks for perhaps a year (as we have a very competent police force here and safety in the community would not have been compromised by this action), and attended to the Covid pandemic crisis. However, he chose not to and decided to forge ahead at all speed to the detriment and non-support of Surrey's seniors, the homeless, the vulnerable, the out-of-work, the disadvantaged and taxpayers in general. We, the KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN, urge you, the Surrey Police Board, that if this rumour is correct, and even if it is not, to please delay this announcement until at least after the December 21 Surrey City Council Meeting when the final adoption of the 2021 budget bylaws is scheduled to be voted on. Please do not acquiesce to your chair's underhanded bullying tactics. Mr. McCallum is the most unpopular and hated mayor in Surrey's history, and anything that your board does to support his mayoral agenda in any way shape or form to hurry this process along will be seen by the approximately 100,000 Surrey citizens who we represent, as well as the rest of Surrey, as you being puppets of Mr. McCallum. Respectfully yours Ivan Michael Scott Coordinator KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN [email protected]

URGENT MEDIA RELEASE October 14, 2020 Democracy Wins: Majority of Surrey Provincial Election Candidates Support Referendum to Keep the RCMP in Surrey Surrey, BC: Fifteen of the 24 candidates in the nine Surrey provincial ridings clearly indicate they fully support a democratic choice by Surrey citizens to have a Referendum on policing in their city.... The KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN recently sent a questionnaire to all candidates running in the October 24 BC election and the 15 who responded with a resounding YES are now being fully endorsed by the campaign. Endorsed candidates are: Marvin Hunt and Rebecca Smith in Surrey-Cloverdale; Garry Thind and Dean McGee in Surrey-Fleetwood; Dilraj Atwal in Surrey-Green Timbers; Dave Hans and Jodi Murphy in Surrey-Guildford; Paul Boparal and Asad Sayed in Surrey-Newton; Gulzar Cheema in Surrey-Panorama; Stephanie Cadieux and Tim Ibbottson in Surrey South; Shaukat Khan in Surrey-Whalley; Trevor Halford and Pixie Hobby in Surrey-White Rock. Candidates who are not being endorsed are those who are opposed to our initiative, which now has a resounding 50,000 signatures. We are discouraging votes for the following candidates: Mike Starchuk in Surrey-Cloverdale; Jagrup Brar in Surrey-Fleetwood; Rachna Singh in Surrey-Green Timbers; Garry Begg in Surrey-Guildford; Harry Bains in Surrey-Newton; Jinny Sims in Surrey-Panorama; Pauline Greaves in Surrey South; Bruce Ralston in Surrey-Walley; and Bryn Smith in Surrey-White Rock. "THE KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN and its 50,000 signatories would like to thank all candidates who responded to our survey and also for their many personal expressions of support and encouragement to our many volunteers and supporters," said Team Leader Ivan Scott. "In addition to the survey results, we are also pleased to announce it is our intention to table our on-target petition in the BC Legislature soon after the provincial election or in early 2021," Scott added. "We delivered 40,000 petition signatures to Premier John Horgan's office in December 2019, but Mr. Horgan stated at an event last week that he had no knowledge of this in spite of copious media coverage and social media posts." KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN is a non-partisan, volunteer, not for profit, community-based advocacy group committed to retaining RCMP services in the City of Surrey. It is totally opposed to Mayor Doug McCallum's proposal for the creation of a new Surrey Police Department. For further information or additional survey details, please contact: Ivan Scott, Campaign Coordinator; Paul Danes, Campaign Manger. Keep the RCMP in Surrey Campaign; Tel: 604-531-7028 or 604-828-5937.

REMEMBER Sunday October 18 from 10 till 1 pm, at Cloverdale Flea Market, 176 & 62Ave. Councillors on hand.REMEMBER Sunday October 18 from 10 till 1 pm, at Cloverdale Flea Market, 176 & 62Ave. Councillors on hand.

KTRIS Lawn Sign Event Oct 18 for Facebook We will be having a large lawn sign availability and petition-signing event on October 18, 10h00 to 13h000 at the Cloverdale Flea Market event parking area (176 Str & 62 Ave). Come get your signs (or extra signs) and sign our petition at the same time - we are extremely close to our goal of 50,000 signatures. We appeal to everyone reading this post to share it as far and as wide as you can and to please make three phone calls to famil...y, friends or neighbours and ask them to come down and get just one sign for their lawns, and if only one of your phone calls is successful we will have thousands of extra lawn signs placed and thousands more signatures on our petition. The publicity that we will get out of that will be enormous. It will be a great opportunity to give a really massive show of strength and support to KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY before the election. All Covid precautions will be strictly applied and adhered to - no exceptions. All to wear a mask please! Anyone wanting to volunteer and help us on the day will be most welcome - please contact Merle at 604-531-7028" See more

The former Solicitor General, Kash Heed saying that he doubts the new police force will get off the ground. https://globalnews.ca//reaction-to-surreys-new-municipal-p

In this news report Lipinski says: "...But before I do anything, it will be consultation with the police board and consultation with the community. Good luck w...ith that! The 'community' has been trying to consult with everyone concerned in this transition for months & months & months and we have been constantly shut down by the McCallum as well as the new police board. See more

This is astonishing that this Mayor would put the safety of every person in Surrey at risk. If they start downsizing the RCMP before the SPS is ready to take up the slack, they are inviting gangs and gun crimes into Surrey like never before. You can be sure that McCallum will demand that they will hand out the traffic tickets however because that is where they will get revenue. This goes back to the meeting with the Solicitor General in November 2018 involving McCallum and biggest supporter prior to Council even being sworn in. https://www.surreynowleader.com//surreys-top-cop-blindsi/

Enough is enough! How can this corruptness be allowed to carry on. This transition needs to be stopped immediately!

The truth is out and this Police transition in Surrey needs to stop right now. The Provincial Government has to stop this now before good money is thrown after bad money.

McCALLUM NEEDS TO RESIGN NOW!!! https://vancouversun.com//man-being-sued-for-defamation-le

RED FM POLL There is an unofficial poll being done on RED FM on whether you support a Surrey Police Transition Referendum. If you google Red FM Poll and then click on the google item that comes up, it will open and you will be allowed to vote once. If you would like to vote and show your support for a referendum, please do so.... Best regards Ivan Michael Scott Coordinator KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN [email protected]

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We will be heard!!!

KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN is delighted to announce that the top bid for Dancing Ladies was $625.00 and was made by Lavana Varnal, a KTRIS Lawn-sign owner who lives in North Surrey. Thank you Lavana and to all those many other bidders who came to the plate, we really appreciate all of you. Ivan Michael Scott Coordinator KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN [email protected]

YES!!! THE LIBERALS HAVE NOW COME OUT AND WILL GIVE SURREY A REFERENDUM. WE WILL KEEP OUR RCMP!!

The Dancing Ladies auction has only one night to go. All bids must be in by midnight tomorrow. The bid to beat is $300. Good luck!