[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":289},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3,"article-\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-police-board-names-matsumoto-chief-mccallum-demands-new-board":139,"article-people-\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-police-board-names-matsumoto-chief-mccallum-demands-new-board":275},[4,22,34,45,58,70,81,92,104,117,129],{"path":5,"title":6,"description":7,"date":8,"publishedAt":9,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":12,"image":17,"imageAlt":18,"imageCredit":19,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-board-of-education-byelection-garry-thind-mla","Surrey Board of Education faces possible $840,000 byelection after trustee wins provincial seat","Garry Thind was elected both a Surrey school trustee on October 17 and an MLA on October 24. Once sworn in as MLA, he will be disqualified as a trustee, and a court may decide whether to hold a $840,000 byelection or seat the next candidate.","2026-10-31","2026-10-31T08:00:00-07:00","voche.me editors","Election news",[13,14,15,16],"Surrey Board of Education","school trustee","byelection","Surrey First Education","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FGarryThind_A.jpg?w=848","Garry Thind, re-elected Surrey school trustee and MLA-elect in Surrey-Guildford","Surrey Now-Leader",null,false,{"path":23,"title":24,"description":25,"date":8,"publishedAt":26,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":27,"image":32,"imageAlt":33,"imageCredit":19,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-police-board-names-matsumoto-chief-mccallum-demands-new-board","Surrey Police Board names Todd Matsumoto chief constable; McCallum calls for board's removal","The Surrey Police Board appointed Todd Matsumoto permanent chief constable on October 30, hours before the new council takes office, prompting mayor-elect Doug McCallum to demand the Province replace every board member.","2026-10-31T07:30:00-07:00",[28,29,30,31],"Surrey Police Service","Safe Surrey Coalition","police","inauguration","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FSPS20new20chief20constable20matsumoto.jpg?w=1024","Todd Matsumoto, the newly appointed chief constable of Surrey Police Service",{"path":35,"title":36,"description":37,"date":38,"publishedAt":39,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":40,"image":20,"imageAlt":44,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-bus-attack-terrorist-sentenced-15-years","Surrey man sentenced to 15 years and 8 months for ISIS-inspired bus attack","Abdul Aziz Kawam, 31, was sentenced October 29, 2026 in BC Supreme Court to 15 years and 20 months on terrorism-related charges for a 2023 knife attack on two people in Surrey that he carried out in the name of ISIS.","2026-10-30","2026-10-30T08:30:00-07:00",[28,41,42,43],"Public Safety","Terrorism","Surrey Transit","Illustration of a city bus stop shelter on a suburban street",{"path":46,"title":47,"description":48,"date":38,"publishedAt":49,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":50,"image":55,"imageAlt":56,"imageCredit":57,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-new-council-inaugural-meeting-november-2","Doug McCallum to lead inaugural Surrey council meeting Monday at 7 pm","The new Surrey City Council takes office Monday, November 2, 2026, with Mayor-elect Doug McCallum and eight councillors sworn in at a 7 pm ceremony at Surrey City Hall.","2026-10-30T07:53:00-07:00",[51,52,53,29,54],"Surrey City Council","Mayor","Inauguration","Surrey Connect","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FMcCallum204_ad0488.jpg?w=1024","Doug McCallum smiling after winning the mayor's seat in the 2026 Surrey civic election","Tricia Leslie \u002F Peace Arch News",{"path":59,"title":60,"description":61,"date":38,"publishedAt":62,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":63,"image":67,"imageAlt":68,"imageCredit":69,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-skytrain-safety-report-incidents-rising","SkyTrain safety incidents doubled since before the pandemic, report says","Technical Safety BC and TransLink issued a joint call to action on SkyTrain safety in October 2026, pointing to a report showing the incident rate on the Expo and Millennium lines doubled between 2016 to 2019 and 2023 to 2025.","2026-10-30T09:15:00-07:00",[64,65,41,66],"SkyTrain","TransLink","Getting Around Surrey","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreycitizen.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Funnamed.jpg","A SkyTrain station platform with transit infrastructure visible","Surrey Citizen",{"path":71,"title":72,"description":73,"date":38,"publishedAt":74,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":75,"image":78,"imageAlt":79,"imageCredit":80,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-teen-police-shooting-inquest-november-9","Coroner's inquest into Surrey police shooting of 15-year-old starts November 9","The B.C. Coroners Service will hold an inquest into the 2025 fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old in Surrey's Clayton Heights neighbourhood, starting November 9, 2026. The inquest is a public fact-finding process and will not assign fault.","2026-10-30T10:00:00-07:00",[28,76,41,77],"Coroner's Inquest","Mental Health Response","https:\u002F\u002Fi.cbc.ca\u002Fais\u002F1.7459432,1793299595524\u002Ffull\u002Fmax\u002F0\u002Fdefault.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1800%2C1012%29%3BResize%3D620","Photo of Chase de Balinhard, a 15-year-old Surrey teen who was fatally shot by police in 2025","GoFundMe.ca \u002F CBC",{"path":82,"title":83,"description":84,"date":85,"publishedAt":86,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":87,"image":89,"imageAlt":90,"imageCredit":91,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Flocke-reflects-surrey-election-october-29","Outgoing Mayor Brenda Locke says BC provincial election cost her the race","In an interview with the Vancouver Sun, Locke says momentum shifted in the final two to three weeks of the campaign after Premier Eby called a snap provincial vote.","2026-10-29","2026-10-29T07:50:00-07:00",[52,54,29,88],"election results","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Fvancouversun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Fpng1027-brenda-locke_305983393.jpg","Outgoing Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke in Surrey on October 27, 2026","Arlen Redekop \u002F PNG \u002F Vancouver Sun",{"path":93,"title":94,"description":95,"date":96,"publishedAt":97,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":98,"image":101,"imageAlt":102,"imageCredit":103,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmetro-vancouver-rejects-mccallum-cancel-budget-vote-october-27","Metro Vancouver board will vote on 2027 budget Friday, rejecting McCallum's cancellation call","Surrey's mayor-elect Doug McCallum asked Metro Vancouver to cancel its October 30 meeting. The regional body confirmed the 2027 budget vote will proceed.","2026-10-27","2026-10-27T07:52:00-07:00",[52,29,99,100],"City of Surrey","Metro Vancouver","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Fvancouversun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F0922-surrey-election-newton-1.jpg","Doug McCallum at a Surrey election event","Jason Payne \u002F Vancouver Sun",{"path":105,"title":106,"description":107,"date":108,"publishedAt":109,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":110,"image":114,"imageAlt":115,"imageCredit":116,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmccallum-cloverdale-harness-racing-plan-october-21","Doug McCallum sets out steps to bring harness racing back to Cloverdale by fall 2027","Surrey's mayor-elect says the City will rebuild the Cloverdale Fairgrounds barns and racing oval and sign a new racing lease, the Surrey Now-Leader reports. He says the Province must also commit.","2026-10-22","2026-10-22T22:37:00-07:00",[52,29,111,112,113],"Cloverdale Fairgrounds","harness racing","promise tracker","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FFraserDowns.jpg?w=1024","A harness racing driver in a two wheeled cart behind a brown horse on a snow covered track, with the grandstand behind","Malin Jordan, Cloverdale Reporter",{"path":118,"title":119,"description":120,"date":108,"publishedAt":121,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":122,"image":126,"imageAlt":127,"imageCredit":128,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-official-election-results-october-21","Surrey declares official 2026 election results, same 15 people elected","Surrey's Chief Election Officer declared the official results on October 21, 2026, naming Doug McCallum mayor with the same eight councillors and six trustees as election night.","2026-10-22T22:34:00-07:00",[52,123,124,125,29,16],"Councillor","School Trustee","official results","\u002Fimages\u002Fbc-surrey-2026\u002Fcity-hall-1600.webp","Surrey City Hall, a glass and stone building under a wide wooden roof, across an empty paved plaza under a blue sky","Northwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons",{"path":130,"title":131,"description":132,"date":108,"publishedAt":133,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":134,"image":136,"imageAlt":137,"imageCredit":138,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"pinned":21},"\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-ward-system-referendum-elford-october-22","Surrey ward system may need a public vote first, Councillor Doug Elford says","Mayor-elect Doug McCallum promised to bring back ward elections in Surrey. Councillor Doug Elford told the Surrey Now-Leader the change will probably need a referendum and could take eight years.","2026-10-22T22:35:00-07:00",[52,123,29,135,113],"ward system","https:\u002F\u002Fsurreynowleader.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F8\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FAnnaCityHall.jpg?w=1024","The words City Hall in black letters on a wood panel wall beside a glass front at Surrey City Hall","Surrey Now-Leader file photo",{"id":140,"title":24,"aiMetadata":141,"author":10,"body":154,"candidates":222,"category":11,"date":8,"description":25,"extension":224,"faq":225,"image":32,"imageAlt":33,"imageCheckedAt":250,"imageCredit":19,"imageScene":20,"linkedin":251,"linkedinPostUrl":20,"meta":258,"metaDescription":259,"navigation":260,"path":23,"pinned":21,"primarySourceUrl":261,"publishedAt":26,"seo":262,"seoTitle":20,"sourceId":263,"sourceIsPaywalled":21,"sources":264,"stem":270,"storyType":271,"tags":272,"topicKey":273,"updated":20,"__hash__":274},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fsurrey-police-board-names-matsumoto-chief-mccallum-demands-new-board.md",{"summary":142,"keyTopics":143,"semanticKeywords":148},"Surrey Police Board appointed Todd Matsumoto permanent chief constable on October 30, 2026, hours before mayor-elect Doug McCallum takes office. McCallum condemned the timing and called on the Province to replace every board member, while confirming he would support Matsumoto and deliver promised police resources.",[28,144,145,146,147,29],"Todd Matsumoto","Doug McCallum","Surrey Police Board","police chief appointment",[149,150,151,152,153],"Surrey police chief","Matsumoto appointment","McCallum police board","Surrey Police Service chief constable","Surrey council inauguration",{"type":155,"value":156,"toc":218},"minimark",[157,166,169,172,178,181,188,191,196,199,202,205,210,213],[158,159,160,161,165],"p",{},"Surrey Police Board named Todd Matsumoto permanent chief constable on October 30, 2026, the last business day before mayor-elect ",[162,163,145],"a",{"href":164},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdoug-mccallum"," and the new council take office. McCallum condemned the timing and called on the Province to dissolve the entire board, while also pledging to support Matsumoto in the role.",[158,167,168],{},"\"The only reason to do this on Friday was to do it before Monday,\" McCallum said in a statement reported by the Surrey Now-Leader. He described the decision as \"Brenda Locke's handpicked board doing exactly what it was built to do: carry out the mayor's wishes after the voters have shown the mayor the door.\"",[158,170,171],{},"McCallum called on the Province to \"remove this entire board, every member of it, and appoint a new, non-partisan board through a public process, immediately.\"",[158,173,174],{},[175,176,177],"strong",{},"McCallum says he will support Matsumoto",[158,179,180],{},"McCallum said he would support Matsumoto in the role while directing his criticism at the board. \"The union stands behind him, he will have my support and SPS officers will get the helicopter, drones and resources I promised,\" he said.",[158,182,183,184,187],{},"That commitment directly touches one of his campaign promises: equipping Surrey Police Service with a helicopter and a fleet of drones within 90 days of taking office. Surrey residents can follow whether he delivers on that and other promises at ",[162,185,186],{"href":186},"\u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker",".",[158,189,190],{},"Surrey Police Union president Sgt. Ryan Buhrig also backed the appointment, calling Matsumoto \"the right person for the job\" and describing it as \"a positive signal to our members on the bright future of SPS.\"",[158,192,193],{},[175,194,195],{},"Matsumoto's background",[158,197,198],{},"Matsumoto has served with Surrey Police Service since February 2021. He began his policing career with the New Westminster Police Department in 1993. He has been serving as interim chief since June 2026, when the board ended founding chief Norm Lipinski's contract eight months into a renewed ongoing term.",[158,200,201],{},"Police Board chair Perm Jawanda described the appointment as the result of \"a comprehensive national search process\" that included community and stakeholder engagement. \"We are confident Todd Matsumoto is the right leader to guide SPS forward,\" Jawanda said.",[158,203,204],{},"Matsumoto said his focus as permanent chief would be \"transparency, consistent communication and relationship-based leadership.\"",[158,206,207],{},[175,208,209],{},"The Lipinski court petition",[158,211,212],{},"The appointment follows an unresolved legal dispute. Former chief Norm Lipinski filed a petition in BC Supreme Court on September 28, 2026, asking the court to overturn his dismissal. He claims his firing was \"motivated by extraneous political considerations disconnected from Chief Lipinski's conduct or competence,\" according to the Surrey Now-Leader. No court has ruled on that claim.",[158,214,215,216,187],{},"The new Council is sworn in on Monday, November 2, 2026, at Surrey City Hall. Residents who want to follow the new council's decisions on policing can track McCallum's commitments at ",[162,217,186],{"href":186},{"title":219,"searchDepth":220,"depth":220,"links":221},"",2,[],[223],"doug-mccallum","md",[226,229,232,235,238,241,244,247],{"question":227,"answer":228},"Who is Todd Matsumoto?","Todd Matsumoto has served with Surrey Police Service since February 2021. He has more than three decades of experience in municipal policing. He has been serving as interim chief constable since June 2026, when the board ended founding chief Norm Lipinski's contract. The Police Board says the permanent appointment followed a national search process that included community and stakeholder engagement.",{"question":230,"answer":231},"Why did Doug McCallum object to the appointment?","McCallum said the appointment was made on the last business day before he and the new council take office on November 2, 2026. He described it as 'Brenda Locke's handpicked board doing exactly what it was built to do: carry out the mayor's wishes after the voters have shown the mayor the door,' according to the Surrey Now-Leader. He called on the Province to remove every board member and appoint a new, non-partisan board.",{"question":233,"answer":234},"Does McCallum support Matsumoto as chief?","Yes. McCallum said his objection is to the Police Board, not to Matsumoto. He said he would give Matsumoto his support and that Surrey Police Service officers would receive the helicopter, drones and resources he promised during his campaign. The Surrey Police Union also backed the appointment, with union president Sgt. Ryan Buhrig calling Matsumoto 'the right person for the job.'",{"question":236,"answer":237},"What happened to the previous chief, Norm Lipinski?","Lipinski was the founding chief constable of Surrey Police Service. The board ended his ongoing contract on June 1, 2026, eight months after it was renewed. Lipinski filed a petition in BC Supreme Court on September 28, 2026, asking the court to overturn his dismissal. He claims the board's decision was 'motivated by extraneous political considerations disconnected from Chief Lipinski's conduct or competence,' according to the Surrey Now-Leader. The court has not ruled on that petition.",{"question":239,"answer":240},"What did McCallum promise about police resources?","During his campaign, McCallum promised to equip Surrey Police Service with a helicopter and a fleet of drones within 90 days of taking office. He repeated that commitment on October 30, saying 'SPS officers will get the helicopter, drones and resources I promised.' Surrey residents can follow whether this promise is kept at \u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker.",{"question":242,"answer":243},"When does McCallum take office?","McCallum and the new Surrey City Council are scheduled to be sworn in at the inaugural council meeting on Monday, November 2, 2026, at Surrey City Hall. This is the first meeting of the council elected on October 17, 2026. McCallum won the mayor's race with a strong majority over outgoing mayor Brenda Locke, according to the official results certified on October 21.",{"question":245,"answer":246},"What is the Surrey Police Board?","The Surrey Police Board is the civilian body that oversees Surrey Police Service. It sets the strategic direction of the service and is responsible for appointments at the chief constable level. Board members are appointed by the provincial government. McCallum has called on the Province to replace the current board.",{"question":248,"answer":249},"How can residents follow the new council's decisions on policing?","Residents can track McCallum's commitments on police resources, including the helicopter and drones promise, at the Surrey promise tracker at \u002Fbc\u002Fsurrey-2026\u002Ftracker. The new council meets for the first time on November 2, 2026, at Surrey City Hall.","2026-10-31T07:10:00-07:00",{"short":252,"long":253,"hashtags":254},"Surrey's Police Board named Todd Matsumoto permanent chief constable on October 30, hours before mayor-elect Doug McCallum takes office. McCallum is calling on the Province to remove the whole board.","The Surrey Police Board announced Todd Matsumoto as permanent chief constable on October 30, 2026, making the appointment on the last business day before mayor-elect Doug McCallum and the new council are sworn in on November 2. McCallum condemned the timing and called on the Province to dissolve the entire board, while also stating he would support Matsumoto in the role and follow through on his campaign promise to equip Surrey Police Service with a helicopter and drones.",[255,256,257],"SurreyBC","SurreyPolice","SurreyCouncil",{"sourceName":19},"Surrey's Police Board named Matsumoto permanent chief on Oct. 30. 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