Surrey has reached a new, unfortunate milestone.

The Surrey Police Service confirmed to 1130 NewsRadio that there have been more than 100 reports of extortion this year.

As of Tuesday, the SPS says it’s investigating 101 extortion files, affecting 74 victims. It says 44 of those files are related to shootings.

Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko says the number is “disturbing,” and the fact that multiple victims have been targeted more than once amounts to a failure by Provincial Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Nina Krieger.

“I think we’re well beyond the crisis stage, and I do feel that we are in a state of emergency,” said Sturko.

Last week, the BC RCMP announced it would provide additional resources to the province’s Extortion Task Force, including emergency respon

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