An April 12 report from Lipinski showed that of the 18 executive and senior officers hired, three are Indigenous, two are South-Asian, one is Japanese and one is Iranian-Belgian. Upkar Singh Tatlay, past president of the Surrey Crime Prevention Society, told CBC that's a start, but the force needs to do better. RCMP officers, of which the province has an estimated 5,000 and specifically those officers who worked in Surrey. "They're familiar with the Surrey, I'll say, demographics, cultures, et cetera, so we would look to hiring those people,"said Lipinsky Thursday. "We have to ensure that it's truly reflective, authentically reflective and responsive to the unique needs of Surrey," he told CBC's The Early Edition in May.

Source: CBC News June 05, 2021 15:00 UTC