News Releases

 Pashminder Boparai, the subject of a nationwide arrest warrant, was apprehended late last night near Kelowna and is in custody.

The Vancouver Police Board and Vancouver Police Department will recognize citizens and employees for acts of bravery and for going "beyond the call" at the annual Commendation Award ceremony taking place today.

Vancouver Police have made an arrest following an indecent act in Marpole, and are asking a Good Samaritan to come forward. On February 21, just before 7:30 p.m., a man allegedly exposed himself and threatened a woman walking near the area of Granville Street and West 71 Avenue.

Fifty-two-year-old Martin Weigelt has been charged in relation to a break-and-enter in September at a Westside wig store, in which 150 wigs slated for BC Children’s Hospital were stolen.

The Vancouver Police Department has teamed up with the Vancouver School Board and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU- BC), to introduce the End Gang Life program into Vancouver schools. 

The Better Business Bureau has released their top 10 scams for 2018.

Vancouver Police today announced additional arrests and charges against four men through Project Territory – a key element of Taskforce Tourniquet, which has proven to be one of Metro Vancouver’s most successful multi-agency gang crime investigations and has resulted in a total of 209 charges against 38 individuals.

Vancouver Police are investigating a serious collision tonight that has sent two pedestrians to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. 

Vancouver Police today released year-end crime statistics for 2018 that show a decrease in violent crime in Vancouver, but an increase in property crime, driven mostly by theft from motor vehicles.  

Vancouver Police are asking for additional witnesses to come forward and for dash-cam footage in Saturday's fatal crash in South Vancouver.