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in Guildford late Tuesday night. Police say the victim and shooter got out of the same Chevy pickup truck and headed into the store, at 100th Avenue and 152nd Street, at about 11:30 p.m. Once inside, the one shot the other. At press time the victim was in stable condition in Royal Columbian Hospital. Rasode said the city needs to create a long-term strategy to bring the police officer count back up. She proposes that the city’s secondary suite fee be used to fund more police officers. “There are some creative solutions that we are going to have to come up with.”
NEWTON — Bike patrols, increased community policing and the clustering of social services in the area were top of mind at a safety meeting held Monday night at the Newton Seniors Centre. The meeting, hosted by the recently formed Newton Doug Elford Community Association, came a week after 53-year-old hockey mom Julie Paskall died after being brutally beaten outside the local arena. The venue was filled to its 125-person capacity by 6:30 p.m., and roughly 300 more people arrived but were turned away. Politicians were not allowed. “It was very civil, very peaceful, we had good dialogue and that just goes to show you the character of the people in our neighbourhood,” said Newton Community Association member Doug Elford. “I was impressed with the residents of Newton because they came up with some good solutions – we did hear some good answers and I’m really proud of our community.”
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SURREY — The City of Surrey has fallen behind targets laid out in its own Crime Reduction Strategy, which calls for one police officer to every 700 residents or better. Surrey currently has 673 police officers. The 2014 budget calls for 12 more, which would increase the number to 685. With a projected population of roughly 512,000 in 2014, that means one officer for every 747 people. The city would need to add 46 more officers this year to hit its own target. The community is calling for more police after the murder of Julie Paskall on Dec. 29. Coun. Barinder Rasode, chair of Surrey’s police and community safety committees, said the city undoubtedly needs more RCMP. The problem in hitting that target comes down to growth and dollars, she said. “We do have a challenge in the city. We
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Newton residents reflect on the area’s most recent tragedy Tuesday afternoon at the site of a growing memorial for hockey mom Julie Paskall. (Photo: KEVIN HILL) See also NEWS › page 3 See also COLUMN › page 8 See also LETTERS › page 9
have a thousand people a month coming to our community... “We welcome growth. Growth creates vibrant communities. Good planning can absorb that growth, but I think that what happens is that sometimes we have to be able to manage all of the priorities we have within the budgets that we have. So certainly we get eight cents of the tax dollar, so within that, we need to make some tough decisions.” Rasode’s comments came hours after a man was shot in the back at a Mac’s store
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