VPD

• Mother breastfeeding in car attacked by stranger, Vancouver police say

  A 26-year-old suspect was arrested after a mother and a baby inside an SUV on Commercial Drive were attacked. The mother was breastfeeding at the time.

  Crime

  May 10
  
• Video shows Vancouver police officer punching handcuffed Indigenous woman

  A video has been shared with Global News that shows a Vancouver police officer punching an Indigenous woman while she is lying on the ground.

  Crime

  Apr 17
  
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• Vancouver police investigate ‘targeted’ killing of 49-year-old woman

  A woman's body was found on a residential street in the Killarney neighbourhood on Wednesday morning.

  Canada

  Apr 3
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• VPD officer stabbed saving 2-year-old boy receives top honour

  Detective Const. Blake Chersinoff received VPD's highest honour, the Chief Constable's Award of Valour, for his actions helping save a two-year-old boy.

  Crime

  Mar 14
• Vancouver police ratify contract making them highest paid officers in Canada

  Sources say members of the Vancouver Police Union voted overwhelmingly to support the proposed deal, with 97 per cent approval.

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2023
• B.C.’s 2 largest cities facing huge cost increases due to policing

  The Vancouver Police Department’s new contract comes with a sizable wage increase and it triggers a 'me-too' clause in Surrey for the Surrey Police Service.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2023
• New VPD contract would make officers the highest paid in Canada

  If ratified a new collective agreement with members will make the Vancouver Police Department the top-paying police agency in the country.

  Politics

  Nov 23, 2023
• Missing Vancouver woman found dead, police say crime not suspected

  Police, family and friends were out in force Thursday searching Pacific Spirit Regional Park and the Dunbar area for Tracy Picket.

  Crime

  Sep 28, 2023
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• Chinatown ‘stepped up security’ for upcoming Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

  More than 18,000 people attended Chinatown’s Light Up Chinatown when a suspect stabbed three people at random on Sept. 10.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2023
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• Driver evades North Vancouver roadblock, crashes into Vancouver home and ignites fire

  Details are limited but Vancouver police did say they assisted in an arrest of a suspect.

  Crime

  Sep 23, 2023