In Vancouver, our dispatchers and call takers are stationed out of a facility called E-Comm (emergency communications), which services South West British Columbia.  A good dispatcher is an excellent multi-tasker who knows where all of his/her police units are, is able to keep track of multiple calls at once, and has the spidey senses to realise [...]

The volunteers with the Vancouver Police Department’s Citizens Crime Watch are an alert, dedicated group of people, and dozens of stolen vehicles are recovered each year because of them.  This past weekend was no exception. Saturday afternoon was the type of day featured on our city’s postcards.  It was sunny and mild, the snow capped [...]

My condolences to the officers of the Oakland Police Department, California, and to the families of the four police officers killed yesterday. After what started as a traffic stop yesterday afternoon ended with the shooting deaths of Sgt. Mark Dunakin, 40, and Officer John Hege, 41 (Hege passed away this morning).  Then began a massive manhunt.  [...]

Yesterday, two Vancouver police officers were involved in a shooting.  As this case is being actively investigated and is a case I will not comment on, following is the statement released by our Public Relations Section: “Something happened this morning that all police officers train for, and all police officers hope will never happen - the moment that they must [...]

As the nature of police work is a dynamic one, I have been unable to post yesterday or today.  I will do my best to try and catch up with ‘This Week in Policing’ over the weekend. Until then, stay safe out there. Cst. Glendinning