Feds approve Surrey’s request for 100 new RCMP officers
Posted May 19, 2015 12:39 pm.
Last Updated May 19, 2015 2:34 pm.
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SURREY (NEWS1130) – The federal government has approved Surrey’s request for 100 additional Mounties.
It has also pledged to provide $3.5 million to preventative anti-gang programs in the city over the next five years.
The funding will support up to 400 children and teens between the ages of 11 to 19 who may be vulnerable to joining a gang.
This comes after more than two dozen shootings in Surrey and Delta since March.
Police have stepped up enforcement and taken the unusual step of identifying targeted victims in several of the shootings, which they believe have been sparked by clashes between two groups.
In April, Premier Christy Clark was also in Surrey to promise more money for an anti-gang initiative that aims to prevent schoolchildren from joining gangs and she urged the federal government to match the funds.
