{"id":7588,"date":"2025-11-08T01:20:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/more-police-alone-wont-solve-extortion-crisis-in-surrey-b-c-criminologist\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T01:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:20:43","slug":"more-police-alone-wont-solve-extortion-crisis-in-surrey-b-c-criminologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/more-police-alone-wont-solve-extortion-crisis-in-surrey-b-c-criminologist\/","title":{"rendered":"More police alone won\u2019t solve extortion crisis in Surrey, B.C.: criminologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-60586\">\n<div>\n<header>      <\/header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/thegitchemanitou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/60586-more-police-alone-wont-solve-extortion-crisis-in-surrey-bc-criminologist.jpg\" alt=\"more-police-alone-won\u2019t-solve-extortion-crisis-in-surrey,-bc.:-criminologist\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span>More police alone won\u2019t solve extortion crisis in Surrey, B.C.: criminologist<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>British Columbia\u00b7VideoWade Deisman, a criminologist at the University of the Fraser Valley, says many issues can be solved by citizens stepping up and sharing information.Criminologist says the community plays a role in combating extortion attemptsCBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Nov 07, 2025 6:38 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.More police alone won\u2019t solve extortion crisis in Surrey, B.C., says criminologistLast week, Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke made a request for 150 extra police officers in her city, amid a wave of extortion threats aimed at residents. While the request has received general support from both the province and the federal government, Wade Deisman, a criminologist at the University of the Fraser Valley, questions how realistic it is given a lack of policing staff across the country. He also says that the community has a role to play in helping solve extortion cases.It\u2019ll take more than just hiring more police officers to solve an extortion crisis in Surrey, B.C., according to Wade Deisman, a criminologist at the University of the Fraser Valley.Deisman said even if there were available police officers to hire \u2014 of which there are very few \u2014 it takes time for police to build community trust.\u201dIt\u2019s tempting for all of us to think that policing is the solution. The reality is, the community has a very important role,\u201d he told CBC\u2019s On The Coast.Deisman said many issues can be solved by citizens stepping up and sharing information.Police department capacity and staffing are expected to be some of the issues discussed at the CBC News Town Hall, Extortion: Communities in Fear.It will be held on Nov. 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT at Surrey Art Centre, located at 13750 88 Ave.Guests will include police, politicians and community leaders \u2014 and members of the public are invited.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More police alone won\u2019t solve extortion crisis in Surrey, B.C.: criminologist British Columbia\u00b7VideoWade Deisman, a criminologist at the University of the Fraser Valley, says many issues can be solved by citizens stepping up and sharing information.Criminologist says the community plays a role in combating extortion attemptsCBC News \u00b7 Posted: Nov 07, 2025 6:38 PM EST [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,118,1],"tags":[120,116],"class_list":["post-7588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-british-columbia","category-indigenous","category-uncategorized","tag-british-columbia","tag-indigenous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}