We ended the week on a positive note.   An 18 year old kidnapping victim was rescued by the Vancouver Police Department on Thursday, Feb. 19th, after he was allegedly taken from his downtown home on Sunday, Feb. 15th.  The update from the Vancouver Police Department’s Media Releases page reads as follows: “The first major kidnapping [...]

It’s been a crazy week.  Homicides, shootings, home invasions…you would think that’s all that happens in this city.  I’d like you to know that while these incidents grab the headlines they are not what really define a city, a community and a police department.  It’s calls like these that do: An elderly man suffering from dementia [...]

Sorry, everyone – no proper post for today – too busy as a result of the shooting yesterday afternoon in Vancouver.  Here’s what the Vancouver Sun reported on the incident.  I’ll be back tomorrow.  Until then, stay safe. Sandra

I get the feeling this will not be the last post about this subject. Yesterday, a woman was shot to death while driving her vehicle in Surrey.  At first glance, she appears to be another victim in the ongoing gun war, but what is so shocking about this crime is the fact the woman’s  four year old son was in the back seat [...]

Last week’s post ‘This Week in Policing – Feb 13, 2009′ touched on the tragedy of innocent lives lost to avoidable circumstances.  A comment from MB87 asked how death and other life altering events can change the lives of the officers responding to those calls, and asked how officer’s deal with such tragedies that occur on [...]