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.

Vancouver Police Identify Vehicle Of Interest In City’s Fourth Homicide

April 22, 2019

The VPD has identified a White Dodge Durango as a vehicle of interest in the city’s most recent homicide. Police are appealing to anyone with dash-cam video to call investigators.  more »

Leave a Comment

Emergency Services Report No Major Incidents At 4/20

April 20, 2019

Vancouver Police did not have any major incidents reported to them during this year’s 4/20 at Sunset Beach. However, police were kept busy managing the crowd throughout the event.  more »

Leave a Comment

Vancouver Police provide free rear address plates to Strathcona neighborhood

April 18, 2019

Vancouver Police have launched a new initiative aimed at getting residents to display their laneway address to make it easier for first responders to locate their home, if needed. more »

Leave a Comment

Police identify homicide victim 

April 17, 2019

The VPD has identified the city’s fourth homicide victim as 30-year-old Vancouver resident Manoj Kumar. Just after 8:30 p.m. on April 16, the VPD received several 9-1-1 calls reporting shots being fired in the area of West 4th Avenue and Burrard … more »

Leave a Comment

VPD prepares for upcoming 4/20 event

April 17, 2019

Vancouver Police are preparing for the upcoming 4/20 event and are asking parents to have a conversation with their children about the risks of attending a large, unsanctioned cannabis event. more »

Leave a Comment

Vancouver Police investigate shooting in Kitsilano 

April 16, 2019

Vancouver Police are investigating after a man was shot this evening at around 8:30 in the area of West 4th Avenue and Burrard Street. more »

Leave a Comment

VPD catches alleged break-in suspect in the act

April 12, 2019

Vancouver Police arrested a man early Friday morning, after keen-eyed officers allegedly observed him breaking into a house near West 16th Avenue and Ontario Street, where two people were sleeping inside. more »

Leave a Comment

Vancouver Police Search For Man Missing Since February

April 11, 2019

Vancouver Police need the public’s help to locate a 46-year-old man missing for more than a month. more »

Leave a Comment

Vancouver Police secure additional charges against Langara arson suspect

April 5, 2019

Crown counsel has approved additional charges against Langara arson suspect Nasradin Abdusamad Ali. more »

Leave a Comment

Vancouver Police Explosives Disposal Unit called to safely dispose of suspected dynamite

April 4, 2019

At around 2 p.m. today, the VPD were called to an apartment building on East 37th Avenue near Victoria Drive when someone cleaning out a deceased family member’s storage locker located a box of old ammunitions and explosives. more »

Leave a Comment