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A night before its TV and streaming debut tonight (Feb. 7), the first episode of the series was screened in Centre Stage theatre and adjacent room for an overflow crowd, followed by food and drinks.
stars Supinder Wraich and Enrico Colantoni attended the evening party, along with fellow actors, the showsa国际传媒檚 creative team, politicians, business leaders and others.
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Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said she was impressed by the pilot episode, which sees Sohal graduate from the police academy and, on her first day on the beat, work to find a missing child while coping with the arrest of her father, Minister of Public Safety.
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Locke said she met with the series producers last spring.
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With a Surrey policing transition still a very hot topic in the news, the sa国际传媒淎濒濒别驳颈补苍肠别sa国际传媒� creative team says the timing of the series launch is coincidental.
sa国际传媒淭he CFP is a fictionalized police force and not meant to really represent the RCMP or the Surrey Police,sa国际传媒� Wraich underlined during a recent interview on Zoom alongside Colantoni, series creator Anar Ali and co-showrunner Mark Ellis.
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