Surrey Police Union says officers subjected to harassment by RCMP [Video]

Lawyers for the Surrey Police Union say officers were subjected to harassment and disrespect by members of the Surrey RCMP, only to be left in a “jurisdictional void” when both federal and British Columbia bodies declined to investigate their allegations.

The claims that Surrey Police Service officers working alongside the RCMP in Surrey were subjected to a “toxic work environment” are contained in documents related to the City of Surrey’s legal challenge against a transition from the RCMP to the municipal force.

Five days of hearings concluded Friday with Justice Kevin Loo saying he recognized the “urgency” of the situation, and would make a ruling as “quickly as reasonably possible.”

At the outset of the hearings, lawyers for the B.C. Public Safety Ministry had sought to seal exhibits containing the harassment allegations, but that was denied by Loo and the union’s documents were filed Thursday.

The exhibits are attached to …