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Surrey mayor-elect Doug McCallum decries Todd Matsumoto's appointment as police chief

McCallum called the appointment "one last kick at Surrey" by outgoing Mayor Brenda Locke, the Vancouver Sun reported.

By Northline Newsroom
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Reported by Vancouver Sun; confirmation from the City of Surrey and Surrey Police Service pending.

Exterior of a municipal city hall building in Surrey, British ColumbiaIllustrative photo
Exterior of a municipal city hall building in Surrey, British Columbia. Photo: Reg Natarajan from Vancouver, Toronto, Bogotá / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 · CC BY 2.0

Doug McCallum is not yet back in the mayor's chair in Surrey, but he is already contesting who leads the city's police service.

McCallum, the mayor-elect, has decried the appointment of Todd Matsumoto as chief constable of the Surrey Police Service, the Vancouver Sun reported. He described the appointment as "one last kick at Surrey" by outgoing Mayor Brenda Locke.

The wording casts the decision as a parting shot from a mayor on her way out. It also puts the leadership of the Surrey Police Service on the political agenda before the change at city hall has taken effect.

The chief constable is the senior officer of the city's police service, so the choice of who holds the post matters to Surrey residents, whichever mayor is in office.

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