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Vancouver police have released a sketch of the suspect in a child-luring investigation on Dec. 13, 2023. (vancouver Police Department handout)

Man poses as parent, tries to lure child from B.C. daycare: Police

Vancouver police looking to speak with driver of Porsche that was in the area at time of incident

 

Dozens of Vancouver police officers are now recording their interactions on body-worn cameras in a pilot project the department says is aimed at improving public trust. Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Body cameras coming soon to 85 Vancouver Police officers

Pilot project to be tested in city’s downtown, officers will turn cameras on as needed

 

Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. A Vancouver Special Municipal Constable has been charged with assault, according to the B.C. Prosecution Service on Jan. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver constable charged with assault: Prosecution service

Charge stems from an incident at the Vancouver Police Department jail on Jan. 7, 2023

 

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner received 400 complaints about Vancouver Police Department officers in 2022/2023. In this file photo, police cars are seen parked outside VPD headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver officers fired for stealing fentanyl, kissing youths: OPCC report

Annual report details disciplinary decisions handed down in 2022/2023

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner received 400 complaints about Vancouver Police Department officers in 2022/2023. In this file photo, police cars are seen parked outside VPD headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver Police seized a vintage firearm, pictured, at Lord Byng Secondary School Dec. 21, 2023 after a man was seen carrying it into the school. The man is a staff member at the school and was bringing it in for a school presentation, police said. (Vancouver police handout)

Rifle-toting man was just bringing it to B.C. school for presentation: Police

Vancouver police say the school was locked down, emergency response team dispatched immediately

Vancouver Police seized a vintage firearm, pictured, at Lord Byng Secondary School Dec. 21, 2023 after a man was seen carrying it into the school. The man is a staff member at the school and was bringing it in for a school presentation, police said. (Vancouver police handout)
Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter Tori-Anne Tweedie look on during the uplifting ceremony for Johnson and his family at the Big House in Bella Bella, B.C., on October 24, 2022. The day was meant to be an apology ceremony for the two, but that was cancelled after two Vancouver Police Department officers never showed up. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Heiltsuk man, granddaughter still await full apology from Vancouver officers

Pair ‘recklessly’ arrested in 2019 at Vancouver bank, officers didn’t attend apology ceremony

Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter Tori-Anne Tweedie look on during the uplifting ceremony for Johnson and his family at the Big House in Bella Bella, B.C., on October 24, 2022. The day was meant to be an apology ceremony for the two, but that was cancelled after two Vancouver Police Department officers never showed up. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
A man is seen inside his tent as vancouver police officers stand by while city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Probe to examine if police hindered media during Vancouver decampment

Police oversight agency says VPD appears to have created ‘exclusion zone,’ but department denies doing so

A man is seen inside his tent as vancouver police officers stand by while city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Police say that more than five months after a woman was found dead in Downtown Vancouver on May 25, 2023, she has yet to be identified. In hopes of identifying her, police have released images of her tattoos including: a blue star with the letter “J” on her left wrist, a robot carrying a radio on her right wrist and a tribal design with two red roses on the middle of her back. (Vancouver Police Department handouts)

Woman found dead in Vancouver still unidentified 5 months later: Police

Vancouver police are releasing images of her tattoos in hopes of indentifying her

Police say that more than five months after a woman was found dead in Downtown Vancouver on May 25, 2023, she has yet to be identified. In hopes of identifying her, police have released images of her tattoos including: a blue star with the letter “J” on her left wrist, a robot carrying a radio on her right wrist and a tribal design with two red roses on the middle of her back. (Vancouver Police Department handouts)
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Driver rolls over pedestrian in violent Vancouver road-rage incident

Vancouver driver arrested for assault, driving offences; police plan to recommend charges

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Vancouver Police Department is providing free, 911-only cellphones for seniors on low or fixed incomes. (VPD)

B.C. police department to provide free, 911-only cellphones for seniors

It can be used to dial 911 in emergencies at no upfront cost or monthly payment plan

The Vancouver Police Department is providing free, 911-only cellphones for seniors on low or fixed incomes. (VPD)
Attendees of the Breakout Festival in Vancouver Sunday (Sept. 18) were caught on video destroying venue structures, in apparent anger after the night’s headliner Lil Baby cancelled last minute. (Twitter screenshot/@mc1040597)

15 youth charged in destruction that followed 2022 Vancouver music festival

Angered attendees caused $300,000 in damage after Lil Baby cancelled last minute

Attendees of the Breakout Festival in Vancouver Sunday (Sept. 18) were caught on video destroying venue structures, in apparent anger after the night’s headliner Lil Baby cancelled last minute. (Twitter screenshot/@mc1040597)
Vancouver police arrested a 31-year-old man on Sept. 15 at the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Stanley Park after he allegedly breached the venue’s fence and began to approach the stage carrying two edged weapons. (Great Outdoors Comedy Festival/Instagram)

Armed man breaches fence at Russell Peters comedy show in Vancouver

31-year-old caught by security on way to stage

Vancouver police arrested a 31-year-old man on Sept. 15 at the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Stanley Park after he allegedly breached the venue’s fence and began to approach the stage carrying two edged weapons. (Great Outdoors Comedy Festival/Instagram)
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. B.C. Prosection Service won’t be approving charges against a VPD officer in connection with a 2021 arrest where the suspect suffered facial injuries that needed sutures and staples, as well as a fractured arm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver Police officer won’t face charges after use of force

B.C. Prosecution Service says suspect was showing ‘dangerous and unpredictable behaviour’

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. B.C. Prosection Service won’t be approving charges against a VPD officer in connection with a 2021 arrest where the suspect suffered facial injuries that needed sutures and staples, as well as a fractured arm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on January 9, 2021. Vancouver Police say two people have been charged in what they say was a “brazen and violent” home invasion Aug. 24, 2023 that left a grandmother injured and nine teens “badly shaken.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Man, teen charged in ‘violent’ Vancouver home invasion that left grandma injured

17-year-old from Vancouver was also apprehended, but later released

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on January 9, 2021. Vancouver Police say two people have been charged in what they say was a “brazen and violent” home invasion Aug. 24, 2023 that left a grandmother injured and nine teens “badly shaken.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver Police Department Deputy Chief Const. Fiona Wilson speaks at VPD headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023 to give media an update on a string of sexual assault cold cases dating back to Canada Day 2009. Vancouver resident Arturo Garcia Gorjon, 45, is facing four counts of sexual assault for incidents between July 1, 2009 and Dec. 24, 2010. (Lauren Collins)

B.C. man, 45, charged in major breakthrough to decade-old sex assaults

Vancouver Police say the first attack dates back to Canada Day 2009

Vancouver Police Department Deputy Chief Const. Fiona Wilson speaks at VPD headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023 to give media an update on a string of sexual assault cold cases dating back to Canada Day 2009. Vancouver resident Arturo Garcia Gorjon, 45, is facing four counts of sexual assault for incidents between July 1, 2009 and Dec. 24, 2010. (Lauren Collins)
B.C.’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office, on scene with Vancouver Police after officers fatally shot an 18-year-old man in an East Vancouver park in the early hours of Saturday morning, Aug. 5, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)

18-year-old shot and killed by police near Vancouver playground

Police watchdog now investigating; no other victims reported

B.C.’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office, on scene with Vancouver Police after officers fatally shot an 18-year-old man in an East Vancouver park in the early hours of Saturday morning, Aug. 5, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)
A nearly empty Granville Street entertainment district is seen just before 10 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Vancouver Police are investigating a fatal stabbing on the Granville Street overnight Aug. 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Man, 32, dead after stabbing on Vancouver’s Granville Street

Police say no one has been arrested yet

A nearly empty Granville Street entertainment district is seen just before 10 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Vancouver Police are investigating a fatal stabbing on the Granville Street overnight Aug. 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A nearly empty Granville Street entertainment district is seen just before 10 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Vancouver Police are investigating after a 28-year-old tourist from New Zealand was stabbed at the intersection of Granville and Nelson streets on July 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Tourist stabbed in Vancouver in ‘completely random’ attack, police investigating

28-year-old from New Zealand took himself to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

A nearly empty Granville Street entertainment district is seen just before 10 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Vancouver Police are investigating after a 28-year-old tourist from New Zealand was stabbed at the intersection of Granville and Nelson streets on July 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver Police are looking to speak with a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a serial groper in Downtown Vancouver in April. VPD cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. police want to speak with woman allegedly assaulted by ‘serial groper’

Vancouver Police say they believe she was one of several woman assaulted by a man in April

Vancouver Police are looking to speak with a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a serial groper in Downtown Vancouver in April. VPD cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Armed police officers are set to return to Vancouver public schools as part of the school liaison officer program, and members of the police department’s African descent advisory committee say they feel lied to over the approval process. Police cars are seen parked outside Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

African descent advisory group feels lied to over police return to Vancouver schools

Newly elected school trustees voted 5-4 last November to bring back a ‘reimagined’ program

Armed police officers are set to return to Vancouver public schools as part of the school liaison officer program, and members of the police department’s African descent advisory committee say they feel lied to over the approval process. Police cars are seen parked outside Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck