Starting Tuesday, people who call police in Surrey may not see the familiar RCMP branding on the vehicle that responds.
The Surrey Police Service – which is scheduled to take over as the police of jurisdiction in the city in late November – put its first 10 “fully marked and equipped” vehicles into service Tuesday.
An additional 20 are expected to be deployed in late July and in August, for a total of 30 SPS-branded cruisers on the road by the end of summer, the service said in a news release Tuesday.
“SPS officers will be driving these vehicles while responding to calls for service and providing proactive policing in Surrey,” the release reads.
“As we continue to grow the SPS fleet, some SPS officers will continue to drive RCMP-branded vehicles at this time. This is part of the phased transition leading up to SPS becoming the police of jurisdiction …