Community & Public Affairs Section : Media Releases | Media Spokespersons | Published Freedom of Information Requests

Media Releases

Vancouver Police Department Media Releases

The VPD's most recent media releases are listed below.

View the archives for 2019, or use the search function below to find past VPD media releases.

VPD searching for violent offender wanted Canada-wide

October 22, 2019

Vancouver Police are asking for public assistance to locate a federal offender who failed to return to his halfway house last week. more »

Leave a Comment

VPD investigates homicide in Strathcona

October 18, 2019

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s eighth homicide of 2019, after a woman was discovered dead in her Strathcona apartment on Wednesday. Maggie Nelson, 60, was found in her apartment on October 16 by a maintenance worker in the building, located … more »

Leave a Comment

Fraudsters use VPD non-emergency number in CRA scam

October 17, 2019

Vancouver Police are warning the public about a new element to an existing telephone scam where fraudsters use spoofing to display the VPD non-emergency number and pretend to be police officers. more »

Leave a Comment

Vancouver Police arrest three in Downtown Eastside murder plot

October 16, 2019

Vancouver Police have arrested three alleged gang members and disrupted a murder conspiracy, as part of the VPD’s ongoing efforts to stem the tide of gang violence in the Downtown Eastside. The VPD’s Organized Crime Section launched Project Thunder last … more »

Leave a Comment

Vancouver Police make arrest in Emily Carr arson

October 15, 2019

A 40-year-old Vancouver man has been charged with two counts of break and enter and one count of arson for a fire that damaged Emily Carr University this month. more »

Leave a Comment

High-risk sex offender to live in Vancouver

October 15, 2019

Vancouver Police are warning the public about Trevor Leonard Smith, a high-risk sex offender who has been re-released from jail and plans to live in Vancouver. Smith, a 46-year-old federal offender, poses a high risk of relationship and sexual violence … more »

Leave a Comment

Charges laid in West End homicide

October 11, 2019

A 23-year-old Vancouver man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kyle Vincent Gabriel, following an investigation by the Vancouver Police Department. more »

Leave a Comment

2020 Vancouver Police dog calendars on sale

October 9, 2019

The 2020 Vancouver Police dog calendar is now on sale. more »

Leave a Comment

Protest and closure on Burrard Bridge comes to a close

October 8, 2019

The protest impacting the Burrard Bridge has ended. more »

Leave a Comment

Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in East Vancouver

October 3, 2019

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s sixth pedestrian fatality of 2019, after a 33-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle during the evening rush hour yesterday. The pedestrian, a Vancouver resident, was crossing the street near East 49th … more »

Leave a Comment