Vancouver Police Board

• ‘We’re disturbed’: Not everyone is welcoming police officers back to Vancouver schools

  In April 2021, trustees voted to eliminate the longstanding but controversial SLO program, following an independent review by Argyle Communications.

  Education

  Sep 1
  
• Myles Gray: VPD commits to inquest recommendations, critics say it’s not enough

  The VPD says it's committed to adopting the recommendations from a coroner's inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, but advocates say key concerns remain unaddressed.

  Crime

  Jun 15
  
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• Vancouver Police Board member resigns over rekindling of school officer liaison program

  Rachel Roy plans to tender her resignation after Thursday's heated and "deeply disappointing" meeting, during which members of the African Descent Advisory Committee walked out.

  Politics

  Jun 15
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• Nicole Chan: VPD commits to all recommendations from inquest into officer’s suicide

  Const. Nicole Chan took her own life in 2019, amid  an investigation into complaints she had made about sexual harassment and inappropriate relationships with two senior officers.

  Crime

  Apr 18
• ‘Thin Blue Line’ patches not allowed on VPD uniforms, Vancouver Police Board confirms

  The city's police chief maintains they symbol is about solidarity and honouring fallen officers, while critics say police have yet to engage with the reality of structural racism.

  Politics

  Jan 19
• VPD chief responds to allegations officers interfered in crash investigation

  The Vancouver Police Department is facing allegations some of its members tried to interfere in an investigation after an officer was involved in a car crash on Tuesday.

  Crime

  Jan 19
• First Nation rejects VPD gift after officers who handcuffed man and granddaughter miss apology feast

  A planned apology feast involving Vancouver police and an Indigenous man and his granddaughter who were wrongly handcuffed soured when the officers involved did not attend.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2022
• ‘Unacceptable’: VPD says 4 in 10 non-emergency calls going unanswered

  According to a report submitted to the Vancouver Police Board last week, more than four in 10 calls to the VPD non-emergency line in the first quarter of this year were abandoned.

  Crime

  Apr 24, 2022
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• ‘That threat is real’: Half of Vancouver Chinatown BIA’s annual budget now spent on security

  The Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Area (BIA) says fear of street violence is dissuading people from visiting or working in the neighbourhood.

  Crime

  Feb 28, 2022
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• ‘We’re going to go after them’: Window smashing in Vancouver up 40% since 2019, say police

  The worst part for the shopkeepers, said Michael Peterson of Vancouver Glass, is that replacement glass can take five to seven days to get manufactured.

  Crime

  Feb 27, 2022