Our policies, guidelines, and strategies serve as the foundation for our approach to policing. As the city of Vancouver and the world continue to evolve, we regularly review and update these frameworks to ensure they reflect the needs of the community we serve.
Community Satisfaction With the VPD: Community Surveys
2019
2018
2017
Annual Reports
Policies and Guidelines
Other Reports
Evaluation of the School Liaison Officer Program – posted May 8, 2026
COV-VPD Joint Review of Outdoor Special Event Planning and Safety – Final Report – posted September 15, 2025
COV-VPD Joint Review of Special Events Planning – Preliminary Report – posted May 20, 2025
Combating Bear Spray: The VPD’s Strategy to Address the Criminal Usage of Bear Spray – posted October 31, 2024
HelpSeeker Social Impact Audit | Vancouver’s Social Safety Net – Rebuilding the Broken – posted November 9, 2022
Our Commitment to the Community – posted April 19, 2022
Our Community in Need– posted November 20, 2020
Community Matters: NEW! 2024 – posted November 12, 2024
2022 – posted July 28, 2022 | 2020 – posted May 26, 2020
Learning from Lost Lives: Examining the calls for justice for police from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
VPD Opioid Crisis Report – A Journey To Hope
Understanding Street Checks: An Examination of a Proactive Policing Strategy
The Opioid Crisis – Review and Recommendations
The Tragedy of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in CanadaThe Tragedy of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada
Lost in Transition – Part Two | Executive Summary
Vancouver Police 2011 Stanley Cup Riot Review
Missing Women Investigation Review
- Final submissions of the Vancouver Police Department and the Vancouver Police Board
- Avoiding Future Tragedies – Improving investigations of missing women
- Summary
- Statement of Detective Constable Lori Shenher
- July 30 response to Supreme Court ruling
- August 20 statement of Deputy Chief Doug LePard – August 20, 2010
- Lessons learned from the Missing Women Investigation
Project Lockstep – A united effort to save lives in the Downtown Eastside
Lost in Transition– How a lack of capacity in the mental health system is failing Vancouver’s mentally ill and draining police resources (winner of B.C. Schizophrenia Society Award)
