Hope – Early Thursday morning (4:50AM, May 16), Hope RCMP received a report of a break and enter in progress at a mechanic shop in the 600 block Old Hope Princeton Way. Police were also advised that a suspicious man…
Two proposed amendments to the Police Act respond to concerns from British Columbia’s Independent Investigation Office (IIO). Challenges in hiring and retaining sufficient numbers of trained civilian investigators have hampered timely resolution of investigations into officer-involved incidents of death and serious…
Abbotsford (APD Media Release/KAM Productions – Kevin MacDonald/CTV) -May 4 UPDATE -B.C.’s police watchdog, IIO, is no longer investigating the death of a man in Abbotsford over the weekend. On Tuesday, the Independent Investigations Office said it’s found no connection…
Chilliwack/Victoria – Back on August 5, 2014, a male suspect, in trying to elude police and avoid arrest, jumped over a fence close to the edge of a steep embankment. This started from a complaint about a stolen van and…
Abbotsford/Victoria – The Criminal Justice Branch (CJB), Ministry of Justice, announced Wednesday that no charge has been approved in relation to a fatal motor vehicle accident involving an off duty member of the Abbotsford Police Department on December 26, 2014….
Victoria/Chilliwack – The Criminal Justice Branch, Ministry of Justice (CJB) announced today that no charges have been approved against two police officers in relation to their use of force in arresting a suspect on February 16, 2014 near Chilliwack. The…