The Full Show: Surrey votes to scrap transition to municipal police force - would that help to deal with gang activity? A new book takes a look at the infrastructure of British Columbia

Surrey votes to scrap transition to municipal police force Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke discusses why the city has decided to vote to scrap the transition from the Surrey RCMP to a municipal police force - Surrey Police Service. Would a municipal police force mitigate gang activity in Surrey? Gurpreet S. Sahota, Organizer for “Wake Up Surrey!” Advocacy Group and Owner of Chardi kala Punjabi newspaper discussing why a group of Surrey parents feel a municipal police force would do a better job within the community than the Surrey RCMP. Reeling in porch pirates with “bait packages” Sergeant Justine Thom, Media Relations Officer for the New Westminster Police Department discusses the police forces new program to catch porch pirates. The art of connecting British Columbians through infrastructure Derek Hayes, well-known BC historian and author of Incredible Crossings: The History and Art of Bridges, Tunnels and Inland Ferries That Connect British Columbia, discusses his new book Supporting Western Food Banks with a month of Jolly Beer Adam Powell, Vice President of Operations at Original Joes and Hajirah Hussain Executive Director of the Richmond Food Bank Society discuss the Jolly Beer initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices