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.

Lawyers for the B.C. Public Safety Ministry had sought to seal exhibits containing the allegations, but that was denied by the judge and the union’s documents were filed Thursday.

The ministry lawyers had warned the documents could cause “undue public concern” over the state of affairs at the Surrey RCMP detachment where members of the Surrey Police Service were also deployed during the transition.

The exhibits are attached …