Police

The policy director for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says they will be filing a policy complaint with the Vancouver Police Department’s civilian oversight board, saying police used “excessive use of force” at a pro-Palestinian protest last month. Meghan McDermott, policy director for the BCCLA, speaks at a news conference outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brieanna Charlebois

B.C. liberties group filing violent arrest complaint in pro-Palestine protest

May 31 incident involved blocked traffic at Vancouver intersection

 

Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc arrives to appear before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Leblanc has told the British Columbia government Ottawa will continue to back the RCMP as the province’s contract police force serving many cities and rural and remote areas amid an ongoing force transition. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Ottawa give B.C. short-term certainty on RCMP contract policing

Federal government looking at a revamp of how federal police force operates

 

Anup Narayan, 51, is facing several charges after six months of reports of a man committing indecent acts outside of a New Westminster home. (New Westminster Police)

Surrey man charged with indecent acts after exposing himself outside home

New Westminster police say the department received numerous complains over the last 6 months

 

Anne Tolmie says her home was broken into six times while she was in the hospital. (Mark Page/News Staff)

Neighbours rally after thieves hit hospitalized B.C. senior’s home 6 times

Neighbours join to help clean and secure house, owner critical of police response

  • May 29, 2024
Anne Tolmie says her home was broken into six times while she was in the hospital. (Mark Page/News Staff)
Howard Geddes Skelding was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of assault causing bodily harm and forcible confinement for assaulting a SkyTrain attendant back in 2021. (Now-Leader file photo)

B.C. sex offender gets 10 years for assault on SkyTrain attendant

Howard Geddes Skelding was released into Surrey in 2020, 11 months before the assault

Howard Geddes Skelding was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of assault causing bodily harm and forcible confinement for assaulting a SkyTrain attendant back in 2021. (Now-Leader file photo)
Police in Port Moody are investigating after a youth was pepper sprayed and shot with a BB gun at at Sasamat Lake on May 11, 2024. (Port Moody Police handout)

Youth pepper sprayed, shot multiple times with BB gun at Lower Mainland lake

A bus had to be brought in to transport youth out of the park

Police in Port Moody are investigating after a youth was pepper sprayed and shot with a BB gun at at Sasamat Lake on May 11, 2024. (Port Moody Police handout)
Ronald MacDonald, chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is retiring on May 8, 2024, after six-and-a-half years with the office. (Tom Zytaruk/Black Press Media)

Head of B.C.’s police watchdog retiring, says ‘it’s time to move on’

Ronald MacDonald moving back to home province of Nova Scotia after 6.5 years at IIO in B.C.

Ronald MacDonald, chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is retiring on May 8, 2024, after six-and-a-half years with the office. (Tom Zytaruk/Black Press Media)
Lisa Rauch died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. Week two of a public hearing into the conduct of the officer who took the shot began on April 29. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)

Week 2 of Victoria hearing into police-involved death begins

Officer who shot 43-year-old Lisa Rauch with anti-riot weapon to testify late this week

  • Apr 29, 2024
Lisa Rauch died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. Week two of a public hearing into the conduct of the officer who took the shot began on April 29. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)
Lisa Rauch died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)

Smoke obscured vision, Victoria firefighter says in hearing into woman’s death

Testimony continues in public hearing examining police conduct in the death of a 43-year-old woman

  • Apr 18, 2024
Lisa Rauch died after a standoff with police that ended up with anti-riot ammunition being deployed. (Photo Courtesy Rauch Family)
A Victoria police officer testified in a hearing investigating the 2019 death of Lisa Rauch. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria police officer questioned on force options in death of woman

Public hearing investigating 2019 death of Lisa Rauch continues with day three testimony from police

  • Apr 17, 2024
A Victoria police officer testified in a hearing investigating the 2019 death of Lisa Rauch. (Black Press Media file photo)
An RCMP dive team discovered a number of vehicles and a school bus submerged in the Fraser River while working to recover a stolen car on April 6, 2024. (Coquitlam RCMP)

School bus, stolen vehicles discovered submerged in Fraser River: RCMP

Police dive team went searching for 1 vehicle, but found several more

An RCMP dive team discovered a number of vehicles and a school bus submerged in the Fraser River while working to recover a stolen car on April 6, 2024. (Coquitlam RCMP)
Two people died on Aug. 7, 2022 when the stolen vehicle they were in crashed into a tree during a police pursuit in Abbotsford. (Facebook photo)

3 Abbotsford cops could face charges related to fatal crash during pursuit

Incident in August 2022 resulted in deaths of two people fleeing police

Two people died on Aug. 7, 2022 when the stolen vehicle they were in crashed into a tree during a police pursuit in Abbotsford. (Facebook photo)
The Canada Border Services Agency seized a number of prohibited items while executing a search warrant at the Delta home of Bryce Cameron McDonald on March 16, 2023, including five guns, eight over-capacity magazines, two devices used to convert pistols into fully-automatic firearms, and one brass knuckle knife. On April 9, 2024, CBSA announced that McDonald, 41, had been charged with 18 firearm and weapon-related offences relating to the investigation. (Canada Border Services Agency/submitted photo)

B.C. man charged with firearm trafficking, 17 other offences

Bryce Cameron McDonald, 41, of Delta was arrested in CBSA investigation dating back to April 2022

The Canada Border Services Agency seized a number of prohibited items while executing a search warrant at the Delta home of Bryce Cameron McDonald on March 16, 2023, including five guns, eight over-capacity magazines, two devices used to convert pistols into fully-automatic firearms, and one brass knuckle knife. On April 9, 2024, CBSA announced that McDonald, 41, had been charged with 18 firearm and weapon-related offences relating to the investigation. (Canada Border Services Agency/submitted photo)
B.C.’s Public Safety and Solicitor General Minister Mike Farnworth speaking to the media in Victoria on April 9, 2024. Farnworth says the City of Surrey has turned down the province’s final offer that was on the table to help aid the city’s police transition. (Photo: Wolf Depner)

Surrey rejects B.C.’s $250M ‘final offer’ for transition to city police

B.C. Solicitor General says Surrey policing transition will still continue, despite city opposition

B.C.’s Public Safety and Solicitor General Minister Mike Farnworth speaking to the media in Victoria on April 9, 2024. Farnworth says the City of Surrey has turned down the province’s final offer that was on the table to help aid the city’s police transition. (Photo: Wolf Depner)
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth speaks in Port Moody March 6, 2024. Farnworth’s ministry announced April 4, 2024 that there are changes and updates coming to B.C.’s Police Act following a 2022 report on reform. (Lauren Collins)

Discriminatory jokes, gestures part of new B.C. Police Act misconduct definition

Legislation in response to 2019 and 2022 reports on reforming Police Act, police complaint process

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth speaks in Port Moody March 6, 2024. Farnworth’s ministry announced April 4, 2024 that there are changes and updates coming to B.C.’s Police Act following a 2022 report on reform. (Lauren Collins)
Reg No: 29984 Member's Name: PIERLET, Roger Emile Date of Death: 1974-03-29 Restricted: No

50 years ago, this B.C. RCMP officer was shot, killed on final shift before marriage

An overpass in Surrey is now named for Const. Roger Pierlet, on the job less than 2 years

Reg No: 29984 Member's Name: PIERLET, Roger Emile Date of Death: 1974-03-29 Restricted: No
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth Wednesday announced the province has filed an unexplained wealth order against Quadriga CX. The Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange went bankrupt in 2019 following the apparent death of its co-founder and CEO Gerald Cotten. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

Unexplained wealth order filed by B.C. could lead to seizure of cash, gold

Order was filed against bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Quadriga CX

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth Wednesday announced the province has filed an unexplained wealth order against Quadriga CX. The Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange went bankrupt in 2019 following the apparent death of its co-founder and CEO Gerald Cotten. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
A Taser 7 is demonstrated on Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Washington. B.C. announced on March 25, 2024 that it has approved the Taser 7 for all police agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

B.C. approves use of new Taser for all police agencies

Taser 7 model allows for second shot without reload, shorter distance shooting option

A Taser 7 is demonstrated on Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Washington. B.C. announced on March 25, 2024 that it has approved the Taser 7 for all police agencies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform during a call in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Prosecutors decline to pursue charges against Vancouver police officer

Watchdog asked Crown to consider charges after altercation left suspect with broken bones

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform during a call in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP has arrested two men after a routine traffic stop in Enderby late Tuesday (Nov. 21) night. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon RCMP catches suspect snoozing on the ‘job’

Police catch suspect sleeping after break and entering into Waddington Drive business

The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP has arrested two men after a routine traffic stop in Enderby late Tuesday (Nov. 21) night. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)