West Shore RCMP

• Shooting victim found in crashed car on Vancouver Island: RCMP

  Police found a man with "life-threatening" gunshot wounds in a crashed car in Metchosin early Monday morning.

  Crime

  Dec 30, 2024
  
• Regional policing debate flares as RCMP pulls out of capital-region integrated units

  West Shore RCMP said it is withdrawing its officers from a trio of regional policing units that deal with domestic violence, at-risk youth and mental health crises.

  Politics

  Nov 13, 2024
  
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• Caught on video: Vancouver Island Pride sidewalk vandalized twice

  Police said the crosswalk was put in place this year and in less than a year, there have now been four reported mischief incidents at the site.

  Crime

  Jun 27, 2024
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• Vancouver Island teams pairing cops with mental health nurses off to encouraging start

  The West Shore RCMP's Mobile Integrated Crisis Response Team (MICR) is similar to the Car 87/88 in Vancouver and the Car 67 program in Surrey.

  Health

  Apr 29, 2024
• Organizers hold ninth annual memorial for B.C. Mountie killed by impaired driver

  Const. Sarah Beckett was fatally struck by Kenneth Fenton, who had alcohol, cocaine and marijuana in his system when he was evading police on April 5, 2016.

  Crime

  Apr 15, 2024
• Indecent offender arrested twice in one week, West Shore RCMP says

  West Shore RCMP officers were called to a restaurant on Sunday, March 24, around 10 a.m. on Island Highway in Colwood.

  Crime

  Mar 28, 2024
• Video released of 2 suspects in B.C. homeowner assault

  West Shore RCMP is asking for help in identifying the two male suspects, who reportedly assaulted a Colwood homeowner around 8 p.m. Monday.

  Crime

  Feb 29, 2024
• 2 arrested for theft, fraud after vehicle bust outside Vancouver Island casino

  Police also seized several stolen chequebooks, ID cards and personal financial statements from more than 24 individual victims from inside the Ford truck.

  Crime

  Jan 2, 2024
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• Wild raccoon wrangled inside home after fighting with B.C. family

  Typically, animal control would handle an issue such like this, but Mounties said it was unable to attend, spurring the officers into action.

  Environment

  Aug 24, 2023
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• Loaded guns, ammunition, cash, drugs, stolen goods seized in Vancouver Island raids

  A loaded 50-calibre Desert Eagle handgun and an AR15-style rifle with a loaded prohibited magazine were among the weapons seized in the raids.

  Crime

  May 29, 2023