Victoria police

• Arsonists target residential parking lots in Victoria neighbourhood

  Victoria police are searching for witnesses and video footage after arsonists targeted residential building parking areas this week.

  Crime

  Oct 20
• Man charged after allegedly hitting Victoria police officer with stolen vehicle

  The incident happened around 8:30 a.m. on Monday in the 900 block of Pandora Avenue, where the Victoria police officer was assisting a city bylaw worker.

  Crime

  Oct 3
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• B.C. premier pledges more funding to address police shortage of naloxone

  B.C.'s naloxone supply is depleted, forcing some police agencies to buy their own supplies of the overdose-reversing drug.

  Health

  Sep 24
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• Victoria police officer attacked in local park by unknown man

  Victoria police said at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, the officer was on foot in Banfield Park when he was "violently attacked" by an unknown man.

  Crime

  Sep 3
• ‘He’s right across the street’: B.C. sex offender, accused of prowling at woman’s home, released to same neighbourhood

  Neighbours told Global News that the alleged victim has left town because the suspect is living directly across from her in Esquimalt.

  Crime

  Aug 30
• Suspect nabbed in Esquimalt after neighbours thwart break-and-enter attempt: police

  Victoria police say they arrested a man Monday with the help of some residents of an Esquimalt neighbourhood.

  Crime

  Aug 25
• 5-year-old boy randomly attacked in Victoria

  A woman and her three children were walking on Government Street on Monday when an unknown woman came up and struck the boy, police said. 

  Crime

  Aug 18
• Victoria, B.C. police nabbed so many impaired drivers at roadblock they ran out of tow trucks

  On July 31, officers took 15 impaired drivers off the road in a six-hour time period. In addition, they wrote 23 violation tickets for a variety of 'Motor Vehicle Act' offences. 

  Crime

  Aug 3
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• ‘An incredibly high figure’: Victoria police say new crime stats show resources stretched

  The crime severity index, which measures volume and severity of police-reported crime, showed Victoria ahead of any B.C. city with a municipal department, including Vancouver.

  Crime

  Jul 30
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• Victoria police urge patience as non-emergency callers face over 50-hour waits

  Police in Victoria said Friday afternoon there are about 60 calls in their non-emergency queue, with some waiting more than 50 and 60 hours for an officer to respond.

  Crime

  Jul 30