{
  "article": "https://newsforbc.com/mccallum-surrey-police-board-chief-appointment.html",
  "source_review_date": "2026-11-04",
  "published_at": "2026-11-05T01:45:12-07:00",
  "source_lead": "https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JAcHGjmqC/?mibextid=wwXIfr",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "title": "Surrey Police Board, October 30 appointment announcement",
      "url": "https://www.surreypolice.ca/news-events/news/surrey-police-board-appoints-new-chief-constable"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "title": "Surrey Now-Leader, October 30 reporting",
      "url": "https://surreynowleader.com/2026/10/30/surrey-police-board-names-new-chief-constable/"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "title": "City of Surrey, Mayor Doug McCallum biography",
      "url": "https://www.surrey.ca/city-government/mayor-council/mayor-doug-mccallum"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "title": "CityNews, October 30 report and attributed statement",
      "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/10/30/new-chief-mccallum-statement/"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "title": "Surrey Police Board, October 22 public agenda, PDF pages 1–2",
      "url": "https://www.surreypoliceboard.ca/sites/default/files/media/documents/Regular%20Agenda%20%20package%202026%2010%2022%20WEBSITE%20FINAL.pdf"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "title": "Surrey Police Board, About Us",
      "url": "https://www.surreypoliceboard.ca/about-us"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "title": "B.C. Police Act, sections 23–26 and 69; retrieved consolidation marked current to October 27, 2026",
      "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96367_01"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "title": "Province of B.C., November 16, 2023 administrator announcement",
      "url": "https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023PSSG0079-001803"
    }
  ],
  "limits": "The post and its edited graphic were inspected. Neither the graphic nor commenters’ claims are used as proof or republished. McCallum’s statements are attributed through identified news reporting, not an independently obtained signed original. The board’s account of its search is its official position, not an independent audit. The public agenda was downloaded and read; the meeting video, confidential hiring records, private-session minutes and full court file were not reviewed. No new provincial removal decision was located in the searches performed; that is not a definitive live government-status check. No interviews or outreach were conducted.",
  "court_monitoring": "Reported B.C. Supreme Court petition; complete court file and resolving ruling not obtained. Judge not publicly identified in accessible sources. Court-monitoring note retained privately; no judge profile or judicial misconduct claim."
}