Surrey Police Board Votes to Limit Chief’s Speech, Prompting ‘Gag Order’ Criticism

Surrey Police Board slammed for ‘gag’ order on what chief can say to media

The embattled Surrey Police Board is facing heavy criticism after its members voted in favour June 17 of a governance committee recommendation to rope in what the Surrey Police Service chief constable and other senior executives can say to news media and “stakeholders” related to matters of police governance, oversight, board direction, organizational priorities and decisions involving the provincial government and city hall. The governance comm…

Surrey Police Board votes to limit chief’s speech, prompting ‘gag order’ criticism

The Surrey Police Board elected a new chair Wednesday, and one of Perm Jawanda’s first acts in her new role was overseeing a vote which will restrict a police chief’s public comments to operational rather than governance issues.

Surrey police board votes to 'gag' chief; bans comments on local, B.C. government decisions

The Surrey police board adopted new rules Wednesday that ban the new chief and other police executive from commenting publicly on city hall or provincial government decisions.

Critics call out Surrey Police Board pushing plan to limit what police chief says publicly

The Surrey Police Board is looking to place limits on what the Chief Constable and senior executives comment to the media, the public, and other community stakeholders. The proposal would prohibit criticism of decisions by any government officials, members of the Surrey Police Board, or directors. “The Chief Constable and senior executives must not: publicly […]