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ivan. scott solutionciment. com <ivan....@solutionciment.com>
To:
ivan. scott solutionciment. com
Cc:
Merle Scott
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Mary and Colin Pronger
Sat., Jul. 10 at 10:32 a.m.
To the thousands of KTRIS supporters receiving this Bcc email
This was sent yesterday to the Surrey Police Board by the COPS organization. By the SPB's and SPS's cone of silence and non-response to COPS, we do not believe that can be trusted in anything that they do to get the SPS in Surrey.
WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER!
Best regards
Merle and Ivan Michael Scott
KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN
604-531-7028
To Surrey Police Board
We are extremely disappointed, as well as concerned, with your blatant non-response to our COPS (Civilian Oversight of Police Services) communications with you. We know that all of our communications have been received by you and that you have chosen not to engage with us. Your silence equates to "no comment" so we are going to conclude that all our assertions and queries are what we believe them to be.
The communications in question are as follows and our assumptions are shown in RED and will be used as facts in discussions with the public and our members.
Email June 16, 2021 - RCMP Contract
To: Surrey Police Board
From: COPS (Civilian Oversight of Police Services)
We have learned that the contract with the RCMP for municipal police services has never been cancelled by the City of Surrey as Mayor McCallum would have us believe. Yes
Mr. McCallum apparently instructed his staff to cancel the contract in early 2019 but withdrew the cancellation when it was pointed out to him that he would have to have a fully-fledged Surrey Police Service up and running two years from the date of the cancellation. Yes
The contract with the RCMP can be terminated only on March 31, making the next possible date of notice to cancel in 2022; after which the RCMP would still remain the contracted Surrey Municipal Police Force for the next two years until 31 March 2024, when they would leave. Therefore, the earliest that the Surrey Police Service could be operational in Surrey would be APRIL 1, 2024. Yes
This brings into question why the Surrey Police Board has been populating the Surrey Police Service with top heavy management at horrendous cost when it cannot possibly or officially take over until April 2024. This is due to McCallum's egotistical desire to get the SPS installed as soon as possible to try and force a fait accompli on the people of Surrey, no matter the cost.
Also, there is a pending referendum request from Darlene Bennett plus a municipal election in October 2022, either or both of which could overturn the entire process. Yes
We respectfully request a reply.
Tammy Ritchie
Colin Pronger
Ramona Kaptyn
Ivan Scott
Email June 24, 2021 - Surrey Police Service
To the Surrey Police Board
We are requesting your response to the following questions and concerns that we CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT of POLICE SERVICES (COPS) have with respect to the “Surrey Police Service (SPS)” as it stands now.
1. Is the SPS a presently registered company and does it have a business licence to operate in Surrey? No
2. Please confirm the SPS’s legal status at present. None
3. Who is the registered employer of any SPS employees right now? The City of Surrey
4. We believe that the SPS has already hired up to 72 employees in various capacities. Have these all been offered positions, have they all accepted, and have they all actually relocated to the SPS “headquarters”? Yes/No/No
5. Does the SPS have any “sworn members” in its ranks yet? No
6. Were all, or any, of these employees subjected to mandatory polygraph testing prior to being hired, and if not, why were they hired before this was done? No and standards were lowered to attract more numbers.
7. Does the SPS have the capability at present to do both levels, accredited polygraph tests and if not, why are hires continuing to take place? No and refuse to do them
8. What is the status of purchasing police equipment, ie. cars, firearms, uniforms etc. Going ahead with all speed
9. Is it fiscally responsible to continue spending taxpayers' money on this transition while the results of the Surrey Police Vote initiative will not be known unit the end of 2021? No
We would appreciate the courtesy of a reply.
COPS (Civilian Oversight of Police Services)
Tammy Ritchie
ta...@tamraritchie.com
Ramona Kaptyn
ramona...@yahoo.ca
Colin Pronger
pronger...@gmail.com
Ivan Michael Scott
ivan....@solutionciment.com
Email June 28, 2021
To: Surrey Police Board
From: COPS (Civilian Oversight of Police Services)
Why has the Surrey Police Board turned a blind eye to the hiring by SPS of Curt Griffiths for community consultations? The same Mr. Griffiths who contradicted his own findings that helped Mayor McCallum create a misleading and flawed Police Transition Report? The same Mr. Griffiths who destroyed investigation notes that questioned police conduct on targeting marginalized groups while under contract at VPD? Mr. Griffiths is a friend of Mayor McCallum and gets preferential treatment from the City of Surrey - corruption.
We have been advised by some who have taken the survey and/or have been interviewed by a “student” of Mr. Griffiths’ that some of the questions are skewed and some are downright “fluff”, or to put it straight, trivial and superficial. Yes
Canvassers are lining up to hit the streets with the petition for a referendum. Why is the SPB sitting back and allowing money to be spent needlessly pending this referendum request from Darlene Bennett plus a municipal election in October 2022, either or both of which could overturn the entire process? Do not care
COPS is respectfully requesting a reply from the Surrey Police Board.
Note: your last Meeting Agenda stated there was ‘no correspondence’.
COPS has sent NUMEROUS emails as has C.A.R.P. Are emails not considered ‘correspondence’? Evidently not.
Kindly
Tammy Ritchie
ta...@tamraritchie.com
Ramona Kaptyn
ramona...@yahoo.ca
Colin Pronger
pronger...@gmail.com
Ivan Michael Scott
ivan....@solutionciment.com
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REAL SCOOP: Questions over hiring Mountie with impaired driving history
Author of the article:Kim Bolan
Publishing date:Apr 17, 2021 • April 17, 2021 • 3 minute read • Join the conversation
SURREY, B.C.: April 6, 2021 -- Handout photo of Insp. Jeff Metcalfe. Surrey Police Services welcomes Insp. Jeff Metcalfe as one of five members of the Surrey Police Service leadership team that will be active in the recruiting of front-line officers. Handout photo from Surrey Police Services. [PNG Merlin Archive]
SURREY, B.C.: April 6, 2021 -- Handout photo of Insp. Jeff Metcalfe. Surrey Police Services welcomes Insp. Jeff Metcalfe as one of five members of the Surrey Police Service leadership team that will be active in the recruiting of front-line officers. Handout photo from Surrey Police Services. [PNG Merlin Archive] PNG
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There have been bumps along the way in the transition to a new municipal police force in Surrey. The hiring of an RCMP officer who recently got a 90-day roadside suspension after drinking and crashing his vehicle raised eyebrows, particularly those of city councillor Linda Annis.
Surrey police senior officer hire questioned;
Councillor says candidate received a suspension
for drinking and driving
Vancouver Sun
Wed Apr 7 2021
Page: A6
Section: City
Byline: Kim Bolan
Source: Vancouver Sun
A Surrey city councillor wants Mayor Doug McCallum to explain how a police officer who recently received a suspension for drinking and driving was hired for the new Surrey Police Service.
Linda Annis wrote to McCallum on Tuesday in his role as chairman of the police board to ask about how RCMP Insp. Jeff Metcalfe made it through the hiring process for the new municipal force given his 90-day roadside suspension.
“I would like the board to share the details in the process surrounding the recent hiring of an inspector who had just completed a 90-day driving prohibition for being impaired,” Annis wrote. “As you know, the (Surrey Police Service) faces serious credibility challenges due to valid concerns already raised about out-of-control costs and their impact on other city services.”
She said hiring someone “who has demonstrated such a serious and potentially dangerous lack of judgement creates questions about the hiring process.”
“What is the process for the screening of senior officer candidates? “What are the performance standards and benchmarks being set for the (Surrey Police Service)?” Police service spokeswoman Sharlene Brooks said Metcalfe disclosed the 90-day suspension when he was interviewed.
“In this specific case, Insp.
Metcalfe made full disclosure of the circumstances and has taken complete responsibility for his actions.
The Surrey Police is more than satisfied that Insp. Metcalfe will make a strong contribution to the Surrey Police team and appreciates his candour during the interview and hiring process, and look forward to welcoming him in May and benefitting from his 24 years of policing service,” she said in an emailed statement.
Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Largy confirmed that officers responded to “a single motor vehicle collision at the intersection of 208 Street and 72nd Avenue in Langley on Dec. 13, 2020.”
She said alcohol was a factor in the crash, but that she can’t “confirm the identity of the those involved as the driver has not been criminally charged.”
Asked about whether a report to Crown counsel was made in the case, she said: “In this instance, an immediate roadside prohibition was issued under the provincial legislation.”
The Surrey Police Service announced on April 1 that Metcalfe and four others had been hired as part of the force’s “leadership team.”
“These officers are key additions in building the infrastructure of the organization,” Chief Const. Norm Lipinski said in a news release.
“Bringing a diverse and varied level of experience, they will assist in shaping the strategies for a community-centred policing model readying (the Surrey Police Service) for boots on the ground.”
The release described Metcalfe as a 24-year veteran of the RCMP who is currently the divisional duty officer for criminal operations.
McCallum has not yet responded to a request for comment, but Surrey Police Service executive director Melissa Granum said Tuesday that the mayor would be issuing a letter responding to Annis.
Annis said that Metcalfe’s hiring “implies that (Surrey Police Service) standards are low or that it is desperate to fill positions.”
“Neither engenders trust. Frankly, our residents and taxpayers deserve an explanation about this hire and what it indicates about Surrey’s standards. For any police force to be successful, it needs public trust and confidence.”
While people do make mistakes and “deserve a second chance,” she said “the most senior officers in a police department are always going to be held to a higher standard, and rightly so.”
Added Annis: “It just makes no sense to me. He broke the law and now he’s administering the law.”
kbo...@postmedia.com
twitter.com/kbolan
https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/real-scoop-questions-over-hiring-mountie-with-impaired-driving-history
Police officers make $100k a year why didn't Officer Metcalfe take a cab or limo or Uber or Lyft or get a family member or friend or coworker to drive him? Why not drink at home? Absolutely horrible judgement and possible sign of alcoholism. Is this the best the Mayor and the SPF can do?
https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/recently-hired-inspector-no-longer-taking-a-position-with-surrey-police-service/ this guy was hired and quit within 3 weeks.
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Economy, Law & Politics
B.C. police services director skirted standard procedure in appointing Hells Angels-connected board member
Appointment of Semiahmoo First Nation Chief Harley Chappell to Surrey Police Board highlights a process rushed for political expediency, critics charge
By Graeme Wood | May 3, 2021, 10:00am
Phillip Chappell as a young man, left, and Harley Chappell. Photo via Facebook
B.C.’s director of police services bypassed the standard police board appointment process in appointing Harley Chappell — the son of a declared former member of the Hells Angels — to the Surrey Police Board.
A June 1, 2020 briefing note from director Brenda Butterworth-Carr to Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth shows how the provincial government appointed its seven members to the newly established nine-member board.
The note explains the “Indigenous peoples considerations” that factored into Chappell’s appointment.
Butterworth-Carr stated she received 76 applicants, conducted 25 interviews and then made recommendations to Farnworth for six candidates, after 11 secondary interviews. After listing the six double-interviewed and recommended members, the note subsequently indicates: “The director also recommends the appointment of the Chief Harley Chappell from the Semiahmoo First Nation.”
Butterworth-Carr states Indigenous representation on a police board helps support reconciliation efforts, such as reducing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the justice system.
That Semiahmoo First Nation (SFN) is the only First Nation with lands that fall within the municipal boundary was another factor.
“To ensure SFN’s interests are represented and to support the Province’s commitment to reconciliation, the Director recommends the appointment of Chief Harley Chappell as a provincial appointee to the Board.”
Butterworth-Carr used the recent appointment of Tsawwassen First Nation Chief Ken Baird to the Delta Police Board to support her recommendation of Chappell.
There’s no indication from the note Chappell had competition from within Surrey’s Indigenous community, which is the largest urban one in the province and includes the Katzie First Nation on unincorporated Barnston Island, which is served by Surrey RCMP.
When Glacier Media asked the ministry specific questions about Chappell’s appointment, ministry spokesperson Jason Watson stated: “An extensive assessment and screening process is used to interview and appoint community members with the skills, competencies and attributes that align with the needs and responsibilities of the Board. Candidates are interviewed, complete a declaration form (Candidate Profile Declaration), which includes declarations of conflicts of interest and any other information that might be of concern, and consent to a criminal record check.”
It’s not made clear if being the son of a former Hells Angel might be of concern.
Watson stated the director reviewed the Surrey Police Board (SPB) appointees “and is satisfied that the established processes were followed in this case.”
The ministry did not confirm or deny if Chappell made known his father’s former participation in the motorcycle club and gang.
The appointment of Chappell has been widely criticized. Critics suggest it highlights a process that’s been rushed for political expediency.
Photos of Chappell at a Hells Angels funeral, standing alongside full-patch members, emerged on social media in December. Chappell told the Vancouver Sun his dad, Philip Chappell, left the gang in 1992 and that he no longer has any association with the club, which the BC RCMP does not classify as an organized criminal organization.
The SPB is overseeing the transition process from the Surrey RCMP to the Surrey Police Service.
Surrey RCMP will eventually hand over all investigation files to SPS. One of those files will be a dormant investigation of a fire that burned down Philip Chappell’s home on Dec. 21, 2018, that investigators deem suspicious.
Chappell did not respond by email to an invitation to speak to his appointment process, nor did acting director Wayne Rideout, who conducted the apparent review late last year.
Rideout has temporarily replaced Butterworth-Carr who, citing health reasons, resigned five days after Chappell’s past Hells Angels connections were reported. Butterworth-Carr is Indigenous as well, and also goes by by Tr’inja shar nji dintlat on ministry letterhead.
Criminologist Rob Gordon at Simon Fraser University says the government seems intent on forging ahead with Chappell on the SPB.
“I suspect that were Chappell not who he is they would not have put him on the Police Board. On balance the optics are dreadful but arguably outweighed by the issue of indigeneity, in the current climate,” stated Gordon via email.
“That said, there is nothing ‘illegal’ about the appointment. Not off to a good start, but [government] is obviously not wanting to change the decision.... Too far down the road now,” stated Gordon.
Chappell’s term with SPB is set to expire either July 8, 2021, or January 8, 2022 (the briefing note redacts which option it is), at which point the ministry along with the Crown Agency and Resourcing Board may choose to reappoint.
Chappell has taken on the role of chair of the governance committee and among some of the first steps taken by the SPB has been an assessment of Indigenous policing issues.
The board’s chair, Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum, is directing city staff to replace city appointee Bob Rolls, who quit the board earlier this year to move away from Surrey.
gw...@glaciermedia.ca
https://biv.com/article/2021/05/bc-police-services-director-skirted-standard-procedure-appointing-hells-angels The social media pictures of the police board member HArley Chappell the son of a former White Rock HAMC
full patch were put on Fb by Harley cHAppell himself. They show him with the Pres. of the White Rock chapter and another White Rock HAMC full patch who did time for cocaine. Both HAMC members were wearing the patches and regalia of Hell's Angels in the photo with HArley cHAppel.
To date, judges in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec have ruled the Hells Angels are a criminal organization. https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/will-a-b-c-court-finally-declare-the-hells-angels-a-criminal-organization
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hells-angels-marked-as-criminals-by-manitoba-justice-1.2546165
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ivan. scott solutionciment. com <ivan....@solutionciment.com>
To:
ivan. scott solutionciment. com
Cc:
Merle Scott
,
Mary and Colin Pronger
Sat., Jul. 10 at 10:32 a.m.
To the thousands of KTRIS supporters receiving this Bcc email
This was sent yesterday to the Surrey Police Board by the COPS organization. By the SPB's and SPS's cone of silence and non-response to COPS, we do not believe that can be trusted in anything that they do to get the SPS in Surrey.
WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER!
Best regards
Merle and Ivan Michael Scott
KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN
604-531-7028
To Surrey Police Board
We are extremely disappointed, as well as concerned, with your blatant non-response to our COPS (Civilian Oversight of Police Services) communications with you. We know that all of our communications have been received by you and that you have chosen not to engage with us. Your silence equates to "no comment" so we are going to conclude that all our assertions and queries are what we believe them to be.
The communications in question are as follows and our assumptions are shown in RED and will be used as facts in discussions with the public and our members.
Email June 16, 2021 - RCMP Contract
To: Surrey Police Board
From: COPS (Civilian Oversight of Police Services)
We have learned that the contract with the RCMP for municipal police services has never been cancelled by the City of Surrey as Mayor McCallum would have us believe. Yes
Mr. McCallum apparently instructed his staff to cancel the contract in early 2019 but withdrew the cancellation when it was pointed out to him that he would have to have a fully-fledged Surrey Police Service up and running two years from the date of the cancellation. Yes
The contract with the RCMP can be terminated only on March 31, making the next possible date of notice to cancel in 2022; after which the RCMP would still remain the contracted Surrey Municipal Police Force for the next two years until 31 March 2024, when they would leave. Therefore, the earliest that the Surrey Police Service could be operational in Surrey would be APRIL 1, 2024. Yes
This brings into question why the Surrey Police Board has been populating the Surrey Police Service with top heavy management at horrendous cost when it cannot possibly or officially take over until April 2024. This is due to McCallum's egotistical desire to get the SPS installed as soon as possible to try and force a fait accompli on the people of Surrey, no matter the cost.
Also, there is a pending referendum request from Darlene Bennett plus a municipal election in October 2022, either or both of which could overturn the entire process. Yes
We respectfully request a reply.
Tammy Ritchie
Colin Pronger
Ramona Kaptyn
Ivan Scott
Email June 24, 2021 - Surrey Police Service
To the Surrey Police Board
We are requesting your response to the following questions and concerns that we CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT of POLICE SERVICES (COPS) have with respect to the “Surrey Police Service (SPS)” as it stands now.
1. Is the SPS a presently registered company and does it have a business licence to operate in Surrey? No
2. Please confirm the SPS’s legal status at present. None
3. Who is the registered employer of any SPS employees right now? The City of Surrey
4. We believe that the SPS has already hired up to 72 employees in various capacities. Have these all been offered positions, have they all accepted, and have they all actually relocated to the SPS “headquarters”? Yes/No/No
5. Does the SPS have any “sworn members” in its ranks yet? No
6. Were all, or any, of these employees subjected to mandatory polygraph testing prior to being hired, and if not, why were they hired before this was done? No and standards were lowered to attract more numbers.
7. Does the SPS have the capability at present to do both levels, accredited polygraph tests and if not, why are hires continuing to take place? No and refuse to do them
8. What is the status of purchasing police equipment, ie. cars, firearms, uniforms etc. Going ahead with all speed
9. Is it fiscally responsible to continue spending taxpayers' money on this transition while the results of the Surrey Police Vote initiative will not be known unit the end of 2021? No
We would appreciate the courtesy of a reply.
COPS (Civilian Oversight of Police Services)
Tammy Ritchie
ta...@tamraritchie.com
Ramona Kaptyn
ramona...@yahoo.ca
Colin Pronger
pronger...@gmail.com
Ivan Michael Scott
ivan....@solutionciment.com
Email June 28, 2021
To: Surrey Police Board
From: COPS (Civilian Oversight of Police Services)
Why has the Surrey Police Board turned a blind eye to the hiring by SPS of Curt Griffiths for community consultations? The same Mr. Griffiths who contradicted his own findings that helped Mayor McCallum create a misleading and flawed Police Transition Report? The same Mr. Griffiths who destroyed investigation notes that questioned police conduct on targeting marginalized groups while under contract at VPD? Mr. Griffiths is a friend of Mayor McCallum and gets preferential treatment from the City of Surrey - corruption.
We have been advised by some who have taken the survey and/or have been interviewed by a “student” of Mr. Griffiths’ that some of the questions are skewed and some are downright “fluff”, or to put it straight, trivial and superficial. Yes
Canvassers are lining up to hit the streets with the petition for a referendum. Why is the SPB sitting back and allowing money to be spent needlessly pending this referendum request from Darlene Bennett plus a municipal election in October 2022, either or both of which could overturn the entire process? Do not care
COPS is respectfully requesting a reply from the Surrey Police Board.
Note: your last Meeting Agenda stated there was ‘no correspondence’.
COPS has sent NUMEROUS emails as has C.A.R.P. Are emails not considered ‘correspondence’? Evidently not.
Kindly
Tammy Ritchie
ta...@tamraritchie.com
Ramona Kaptyn
ramona...@yahoo.ca
Colin Pronger
pronger...@gmail.com
Ivan Michael Scott
ivan....@solutionciment.com
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https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jeff-metcalfe-2623a757
REAL SCOOP: Questions over hiring Mountie with impaired driving history
Author of the article:Kim Bolan
Publishing date:Apr 17, 2021 • April 17, 2021 • 3 minute read • Join the conversation
SURREY, B.C.: April 6, 2021 -- Handout photo of Insp. Jeff Metcalfe. Surrey Police Services welcomes Insp. Jeff Metcalfe as one of five members of the Surrey Police Service leadership team that will be active in the recruiting of front-line officers. Handout photo from Surrey Police Services. [PNG Merlin Archive]
SURREY, B.C.: April 6, 2021 -- Handout photo of Insp. Jeff Metcalfe. Surrey Police Services welcomes Insp. Jeff Metcalfe as one of five members of the Surrey Police Service leadership team that will be active in the recruiting of front-line officers. Handout photo from Surrey Police Services. [PNG Merlin Archive] PNG
Article content
There have been bumps along the way in the transition to a new municipal police force in Surrey. The hiring of an RCMP officer who recently got a 90-day roadside suspension after drinking and crashing his vehicle raised eyebrows, particularly those of city councillor Linda Annis.
Surrey police senior officer hire questioned;
Councillor says candidate received a suspension
for drinking and driving
Vancouver Sun
Wed Apr 7 2021
Page: A6
Section: City
Byline: Kim Bolan
Source: Vancouver Sun
A Surrey city councillor wants Mayor Doug McCallum to explain how a police officer who recently received a suspension for drinking and driving was hired for the new Surrey Police Service.
Linda Annis wrote to McCallum on Tuesday in his role as chairman of the police board to ask about how RCMP Insp. Jeff Metcalfe made it through the hiring process for the new municipal force given his 90-day roadside suspension.
“I would like the board to share the details in the process surrounding the recent hiring of an inspector who had just completed a 90-day driving prohibition for being impaired,” Annis wrote. “As you know, the (Surrey Police Service) faces serious credibility challenges due to valid concerns already raised about out-of-control costs and their impact on other city services.”
She said hiring someone “who has demonstrated such a serious and potentially dangerous lack of judgement creates questions about the hiring process.”
“What is the process for the screening of senior officer candidates? “What are the performance standards and benchmarks being set for the (Surrey Police Service)?” Police service spokeswoman Sharlene Brooks said Metcalfe disclosed the 90-day suspension when he was interviewed.
“In this specific case, Insp.
Metcalfe made full disclosure of the circumstances and has taken complete responsibility for his actions.
The Surrey Police is more than satisfied that Insp. Metcalfe will make a strong contribution to the Surrey Police team and appreciates his candour during the interview and hiring process, and look forward to welcoming him in May and benefitting from his 24 years of policing service,” she said in an emailed statement.
Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Largy confirmed that officers responded to “a single motor vehicle collision at the intersection of 208 Street and 72nd Avenue in Langley on Dec. 13, 2020.”
She said alcohol was a factor in the crash, but that she can’t “confirm the identity of the those involved as the driver has not been criminally charged.”
Asked about whether a report to Crown counsel was made in the case, she said: “In this instance, an immediate roadside prohibition was issued under the provincial legislation.”
The Surrey Police Service announced on April 1 that Metcalfe and four others had been hired as part of the force’s “leadership team.”
“These officers are key additions in building the infrastructure of the organization,” Chief Const. Norm Lipinski said in a news release.
“Bringing a diverse and varied level of experience, they will assist in shaping the strategies for a community-centred policing model readying (the Surrey Police Service) for boots on the ground.”
The release described Metcalfe as a 24-year veteran of the RCMP who is currently the divisional duty officer for criminal operations.
McCallum has not yet responded to a request for comment, but Surrey Police Service executive director Melissa Granum said Tuesday that the mayor would be issuing a letter responding to Annis.
Annis said that Metcalfe’s hiring “implies that (Surrey Police Service) standards are low or that it is desperate to fill positions.”
“Neither engenders trust. Frankly, our residents and taxpayers deserve an explanation about this hire and what it indicates about Surrey’s standards. For any police force to be successful, it needs public trust and confidence.”
While people do make mistakes and “deserve a second chance,” she said “the most senior officers in a police department are always going to be held to a higher standard, and rightly so.”
Added Annis: “It just makes no sense to me. He broke the law and now he’s administering the law.”
kbo...@postmedia.com
twitter.com/kbolan
https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/real-scoop-questions-over-hiring-mountie-with-impaired-driving-history
Police officers make $100k a year why didn't Officer Metcalfe take a cab or limo or Uber or Lyft or get a family member or friend or coworker to drive him? Why not drink at home? Absolutely horrible judgement and possible sign of alcoholism. Is this the best the Mayor and the SPF can do?
https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/recently-hired-inspector-no-longer-taking-a-position-with-surrey-police-service/ this guy was hired and quit within 3 weeks.
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Economy, Law & Politics
B.C. police services director skirted standard procedure in appointing Hells Angels-connected board member
Appointment of Semiahmoo First Nation Chief Harley Chappell to Surrey Police Board highlights a process rushed for political expediency, critics charge
By Graeme Wood | May 3, 2021, 10:00am
Phillip Chappell as a young man, left, and Harley Chappell. Photo via Facebook
B.C.’s director of police services bypassed the standard police board appointment process in appointing Harley Chappell — the son of a declared former member of the Hells Angels — to the Surrey Police Board.
A June 1, 2020 briefing note from director Brenda Butterworth-Carr to Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth shows how the provincial government appointed its seven members to the newly established nine-member board.
The note explains the “Indigenous peoples considerations” that factored into Chappell’s appointment.
Butterworth-Carr stated she received 76 applicants, conducted 25 interviews and then made recommendations to Farnworth for six candidates, after 11 secondary interviews. After listing the six double-interviewed and recommended members, the note subsequently indicates: “The director also recommends the appointment of the Chief Harley Chappell from the Semiahmoo First Nation.”
Butterworth-Carr states Indigenous representation on a police board helps support reconciliation efforts, such as reducing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the justice system.
That Semiahmoo First Nation (SFN) is the only First Nation with lands that fall within the municipal boundary was another factor.
“To ensure SFN’s interests are represented and to support the Province’s commitment to reconciliation, the Director recommends the appointment of Chief Harley Chappell as a provincial appointee to the Board.”
Butterworth-Carr used the recent appointment of Tsawwassen First Nation Chief Ken Baird to the Delta Police Board to support her recommendation of Chappell.
There’s no indication from the note Chappell had competition from within Surrey’s Indigenous community, which is the largest urban one in the province and includes the Katzie First Nation on unincorporated Barnston Island, which is served by Surrey RCMP.
When Glacier Media asked the ministry specific questions about Chappell’s appointment, ministry spokesperson Jason Watson stated: “An extensive assessment and screening process is used to interview and appoint community members with the skills, competencies and attributes that align with the needs and responsibilities of the Board. Candidates are interviewed, complete a declaration form (Candidate Profile Declaration), which includes declarations of conflicts of interest and any other information that might be of concern, and consent to a criminal record check.”
It’s not made clear if being the son of a former Hells Angel might be of concern.
Watson stated the director reviewed the Surrey Police Board (SPB) appointees “and is satisfied that the established processes were followed in this case.”
The ministry did not confirm or deny if Chappell made known his father’s former participation in the motorcycle club and gang.
The appointment of Chappell has been widely criticized. Critics suggest it highlights a process that’s been rushed for political expediency.
Photos of Chappell at a Hells Angels funeral, standing alongside full-patch members, emerged on social media in December. Chappell told the Vancouver Sun his dad, Philip Chappell, left the gang in 1992 and that he no longer has any association with the club, which the BC RCMP does not classify as an organized criminal organization.
The SPB is overseeing the transition process from the Surrey RCMP to the Surrey Police Service.
Surrey RCMP will eventually hand over all investigation files to SPS. One of those files will be a dormant investigation of a fire that burned down Philip Chappell’s home on Dec. 21, 2018, that investigators deem suspicious.
Chappell did not respond by email to an invitation to speak to his appointment process, nor did acting director Wayne Rideout, who conducted the apparent review late last year.
Rideout has temporarily replaced Butterworth-Carr who, citing health reasons, resigned five days after Chappell’s past Hells Angels connections were reported. Butterworth-Carr is Indigenous as well, and also goes by by Tr’inja shar nji dintlat on ministry letterhead.
Criminologist Rob Gordon at Simon Fraser University says the government seems intent on forging ahead with Chappell on the SPB.
“I suspect that were Chappell not who he is they would not have put him on the Police Board. On balance the optics are dreadful but arguably outweighed by the issue of indigeneity, in the current climate,” stated Gordon via email.
“That said, there is nothing ‘illegal’ about the appointment. Not off to a good start, but [government] is obviously not wanting to change the decision.... Too far down the road now,” stated Gordon.
Chappell’s term with SPB is set to expire either July 8, 2021, or January 8, 2022 (the briefing note redacts which option it is), at which point the ministry along with the Crown Agency and Resourcing Board may choose to reappoint.
Chappell has taken on the role of chair of the governance committee and among some of the first steps taken by the SPB has been an assessment of Indigenous policing issues.
The board’s chair, Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum, is directing city staff to replace city appointee Bob Rolls, who quit the board earlier this year to move away from Surrey.
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https://biv.com/article/2021/05/bc-police-services-director-skirted-standard-procedure-appointing-hells-angels The social media pictures of the police board member HArley Chappell the son of a former White Rock HAMC
full patch were put on Fb by Harley cHAppell himself. They show him with the Pres. of the White Rock chapter and another White Rock HAMC full patch who did time for cocaine. Both HAMC members were wearing the patches and regalia of Hell's Angels in the photo with HArley cHAppel.
To date, judges in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec have ruled the Hells Angels are a criminal organization. https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/will-a-b-c-court-finally-declare-the-hells-angels-a-criminal-organization
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hells-angels-marked-as-criminals-by-manitoba-justice-1.2546165
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