Vancouver Shoplifting

• ‘Vile behaviour’: Retail chain demands accountability for B.C. shoplifting violence

  Retail violence has increased by 500 per cent over four years, according to London Drugs’ loss prevention general manager.

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  Aug 29, 2023
  
• More than half of VPD files in shoplifting crackdown did not result in charges

  Vancouver mayor Ken Sim told Global News his ABC party is delivering on its public safety promises but senior levels of government need to step up.

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  Aug 28, 2023
  
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• Vancouver shoplifting crackdown nets 138 arrests including 14 repeat offenders

  Over the course of a two-week anti-shoplifting blitz, Vancouver police arrested 138 people and recommended 125 criminal charges to Crown prosecutors. 

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  May 16, 2023
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• 217 people arrested, including 47 repeat offenders, in 3-week Vancouver anti-shoplifting blitz

  Police investigated 200 incidents of shoplifting, arrested 47 repeat offenders and seized 24 weapons over the course of Project Barcode.

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  Mar 29, 2023
• Vancouver police recover $75K in stolen goods from downtown core in just one month

  Much of the criminal activity centres around the open-air street market on East Hastings Street, between Columbia and Carrall streets, Vancouver police said.

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  Dec 6, 2021
• Police deploy mobile cameras after Global News report on violent shoplifting at Vancouver grocer

  Vancouver police confirmed Friday they had deployed their Public Safety Trailer, a mobile unit equipped with security cameras, outside the IGA on Robson Street.

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  Feb 26, 2021
• ‘It’s the Wild West’: Vancouver grocery store owner says violent incidents out of control

  On Monday night around 8 p.m. a fight broke out between a man and staff at the IGA store on Robson Street after the man had allegedly tried to steal some coffee.

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  Feb 25, 2021
• Vancouver police arrest 130 suspects in shoplifting crackdown

  A total of 250 shoplifting incidents were investigated during the four-week project.

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  Feb 17, 2021
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• Vancouver mayor promises more police in wake of downtown violent shoplifting spike

  Vancouver's 2020 budget, which will be voted on by council Tuesday, includes money for 25 new police officers and 10 new civilian employees.

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  Dec 7, 2019
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• More downtown Vancouver store owners say violent shoplifting is getting worse

  Many owners say petty thefts that quickly turn violent have been going up dramatically since earlier this year.

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  Dec 6, 2019