News Releases

At around 4 a.m. this morning, the VPD were called to disturbance at an apartment building on Hornby Street near Drake Street. A man fled from the officers as they arrived on scene, allegedly leaving a firearm behind.

Vancouver Police are hitting the streets with new technology for issuing violation tickets electronically.

Vancouver Police, with the assistance of United States law enforcement, have located nine-year-old Emerson Cusworth safe near Phoenix, Arizona. His mother, Shawana Puja Chaudhary, has been taken into custody and is expected to be extradited to Canada to face charges.

Just after noon on Saturday, March 23rd, the VPD received a report of a distraught woman walking out into the waters of Burrard Inlet from Crab Beach.

The Vancouver Police Department has taken another step towards being green and not just blue, with the addition of 20 pure electric Ford Focus hatchbacks to its fleet. The cars will replace 20 gas-powered vehicles.

 Vancouver Police have arrested 39-year-old Colin Akwei from Coquitlam in connection with a series of recent unprovoked attacks on Vancouver's West Side.

Vancouver Police are seeking the public's help to find 25-year-old Thomas Joseph Lloyd Brown, who is currently wanted for a serious assault.

Vancouver Police have arrested 42-year-old Kevin Jerome Holden, a parolee who failed to return for his curfew at a Vancouver halfway house.

Vancouver Police are warning the public about several unprovoked assaults on the West Side of Vancouver, and are asking anyone with information to come forward to help identify the suspect.

Vancouver Police negotiated with a distraught man who was threatening to light himself on fire.