The mayor of Surrey says the city needs 150 additional police officers to tackle extortion crimes affecting the South Asian community and businesses.

“It is gut-wrenching to see our community impacted so profoundly. Our city cannot, and will not, endure it any longer,” said Mayor Brenda Locke in a statement Friday.

Locke visited Victoria yesterday to meet with Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger.

“The scope and scale of this challenge require leaders in the federal and provincial governments to take action and help end the violence that no Canadian city should have to endure.”

The mayor says she also wrote to federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, requesting both levels of government contribute to the request to implement 150 new officers.

“Particularly those specializing

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