There's already a parody account for the yet-to-be approved Surrey Police

Earlier this week, Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum unveiled a prototype vehicle for the city’s yet-to-be-approved municipal police force, and now it seems others are getting in on the latest development – naturally, with the creation of a parody Twitter account.

See also

• Surrey unveils patrol car for yet-to-be-approved police force
• Surrey City Council approves plan to replace RCMP with new municipal police
• Surrey seeks help from Vancouver on creating its own municipal police force

The new creation is up-front right off the bat about its intentions.

“Surrey Police Dept is Canada’s newest force. Launching our services in 2020 or whenever our GoFundMe raises enough cash,” the bio reads. Then, in brackets: “Parody, just like the mayor.”

Created just this month, the account has 553 followers of the time of this writing.

“Number of shootings in #SurreyBC since we started: zero. You’re welcome,” the accounts pinned tweet reads.

Other tweets include:

Many police departments host “coffee with a cop” events to allow interaction with the community. The result is cops hanging out with senior citizens who are lonely.

SPD will be hosting “shots with a cop” events at local watering holes in an effort to reach a younger demographic. pic.twitter.com/EDNICd3S5s

— Surrey Police Dept (@surrey_pd) May 10, 2019

We’re thinking about erecting a statue outside of our headquarters that is something that when you see it, you automatically think of Surrey.

What are your thoughts on our initial design? We are open to suggestions. pic.twitter.com/2UhfRUlxc8

— Surrey Police Dept (@surrey_pd) May 10, 2019

Folks, it’s 13:54 (that’s 1:54pm for those of you who can’t keep up.) Have you done your 20 minutes of mandated garbage pick up yet today?

Chief McCallum is out doing his part picking up used tires, needles and broken crack pipes from the downtown core. #SurreyBC pic.twitter.com/4GkAFC9402

— Surrey Police Dept (@surrey_pd) May 9, 2019

The Surrey PD will be the first police force to use pepper spray made from 100% organic, gluten-free, non-GMO, sustainably harvested ingredients. We may be using it on you while you’re naked in Holland Park, but that doesn’t mean we stop caring about you or our planet. pic.twitter.com/RTGeLyCtDH

— Surrey Police Dept (@surrey_pd) May 9, 2019

Police Dogs will be replaced with dogs from the animal shelter. They likely won’t catch anyone, but think about how cute it will be to see a big burly police officer running through your yard with a chihuahua? You’ll forget all about being a victim and want puppy snuggles.

— Surrey Police Dept (@surrey_pd) May 9, 2019

A Surrey Police cruiser design was unveiled on Tuesday. (Brian Young / Twitter)Our entrance examination for new applicants will feature important elements of #SurreyBC history and geography. pic.twitter.com/tQU5g8vYiy

— Surrey Police Dept (@surrey_pd) May 9, 2019

In a speech earlier this week, McCallum elaborated further on his plan to transition the city away from the RCMP and to a municipal police force.

“As Surrey has changed over the years, the time has come to change how our city is policed,” he said. “The change I am talking about is accountability.”

And while he stressed that he has “no quarrel” with the city’s RCMP operations as a whole, “the fact remains that Surrey is the largest city in the country that does not have its own police department, and that is the root of the problem.”

By establishing a city police force, he continued, “accountability will stay in our city.”