Date: Feb 10, 2015
File # 15-4409 / 15-4543
Victoria BC – VicPD is requesting the public’s assistance in locating two unrelated missing ‘at risk’ youth.
UPDATE Monday, February 10, 2016 at 12:45 p.m. LOCATED: More great news. Chenoa George has also been located. Thank you for your help in locating these two missing youth.
Date: Feb 5, 2015
Victoria BC – Two determined VicPD officers are receiving kudos for good work after returning five stolen bikes, with a total value of over $5000, to their rightful owners in four days.
Starting on January 26th until the end of their shift on January 31st, the two officers were able to locate the five bikes, all during separate incidents. The bikes were seized and, through detailed investigation, the rightful owners were found.
Date: Feb 5, 2015
Victoria BC – VicPD officers are looking for a pair of suspects after the two committed a mischief spree through Victoria, leaving thousands of dollars of damage in their wake.
Date: Jan 30, 2015
Victoria BC – Last night at the VicPD Retirement and Recognition ceremony, VicPD bid farewell to eight senior members from the department who are retiring at the end of the month.
The eight members have served the communities of Victoria and Esquimalt as part of VicPD with distinction. Many of the officers have come to VicPD from other departments throughout Canada including the Ottawa Police Service, Vancouver Police Department and the RCMP.
Date: Jan 29, 2015
Victoria BC – VicPD officers are crediting a local citizen for helping net two impaired drivers after reporting an erratic driver late last Friday night.
Officers received a call at approximately 11 p.m. on Friday, January 22 from a concerned citizen who noticed a vehicle traveling east on Esquimalt Road and hitting the curb and running into bushes along the street.
Date: Jan 28, 2015
Victoria, BC – VicPD is warning retailers to be on the lookout for a scam in which young men are purchasing gift cards using prepaid credit cards.
Date: Jan 26, 2015
Victoria, BC – VicPD’s Chief Constable Frank Elsner and the Downtown Victoria Business Association (DVBA) are partnered to present the VicPD Business Survey results in Centre Court at the Bay Centre.
Serving as the second round of consultations done in Victoria and Esquimalt, the VicPD Business Survey asked businesses in these communities for feedback on topics ranging from service satisfaction to how VicPD can help the business community.
Date: Jan 26, 2015
Victoria BC – One man is in custody after a serious assault and forcible confinement that occurred on Saturday, January 24th.
In the early afternoon, VicPD was called to the 100-block of Gorge Road East for a report of a badly injured woman who was found by neighbours in a hallway at an apartment building. Officers arrived to find the victim with what appeared to be significant injuries. She was rushed to hospital by the Provincial Ambulance Service.
Date: Jan 21, 2015
Victoria, BC – Chief Frank Elsner will join Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board Co-Chair and Esquimalt Mayor Barbara Desjardins in welcoming VicPD’s newest constable Trevor Sadownick on Thursday, January 22, 2015.
Cst. Sadownick joins VicPD after 12 years with the Calgary Police Service. He has been a Patrol member and Acting Sergeant, an Acting Detective in the General Investigative Unit, a specialty munitions operator in the Public Safety Unit, a member of the Marine Unit, and a Community Resource Officer.
Date: Jan 21, 2015
File: 2015-1741
Victoria, BC – VicPD investigators are releasing images in the search for a man who robbed the James Bay Bank of Montreal.
Officers responded to the James Bay Bank of Montreal location around noon on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 for reports of a robbery. Investigation revealed that the male approached a teller and demanded cash. He then fled with an undisclosed amount of money.