The Township of Langley has announced plans to sever its relationship with the City of Langley over policing costs and set up its own RCMP detachment.
The decision, announced Wednesday, comes following a long-simmering debate over how policing costs and resources are shared between the township — a sprawling, rural municipality — and the lesser populated city, which covers a smaller, urban area.
Mostly the debate was over which municipality assumes the greater cost of policing and the service it receives.
A release issued Wednesday morning said the township needs a standalone detachment to “better serve the needs of this large and fast-growing municipality.”
“We need to make a change,” said Township of Langley Mayor Eric Woodward in the
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