E Division

• Nearly 9% of B.C. RCMP jobs are vacant. What the force says it’s doing about it

  The staffing shortage inside the B.C. RCMP currently sits about 8.9 per cent, more than double the 4.3 per cent elsewhere in Canada.

  Crime

  Apr 25, 2023
  
• West Kelowna Mounties find cannabis extraction facility during wildfire evacuation

  It was a Conservation Officer who reported seeing indications of a drug lab at one of the houses being evacuated in West Kelowna.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2021
  
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• Replacement named for outgoing top cop at Penticton RCMP detachment

  Insp. Brian Hunter is ready to take over for Supt. Ted De Jager.

  Aug 28, 2019
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• Penticton’s top cop leaving for job at HQ

  Supt. Ted De Jager has announced he will be leaving for a job at 'E' Division headquarters in Surrey in the fall.

  Crime

  Jul 25, 2019
• Jennifer Strachan formally sworn-in as new commander of British Columbia RCMP

  The division's outgoing commander is heading to a job as the provincial government's director of policing.

  Jun 6, 2019
• Chilliwack RCMP bust illegal pot processing facility under new Cannabis Act

  Despite legalization, commercially producing or processing cannabis products without a proper licence remains a crime under the Cannabis Act.

  Nov 17, 2018
• High-profile RCMP officer Tim Shields charged with sex assault

  A high-profile RCMP officer once in charge of the Mounties' communications strategy at E Division in Vancouver has been charged with sexual assault.

  Canada

  May 10, 2016