There is a big difference between Prairie snow and West Coast snow. Prairie snow is fluffy, dry and fairly easy to drive in.  Unless, of course, the weather plummets to -28 C with relentless wind resulting in limited visibility like it was today in Calgary, Alberta. In that case it’s the rest of Mother Nature’s fury [...]

“Chief Dispatcher to all units, we have a report of a robbery in progress at the Post Office located in XXX Mall.  Reports are there is a male suspect inside the premise with a gun.” Multiple units responded as dispatch kept us updated with what was happening.  Several people were inside the Post Office when a man [...]

  A friend of mine sent me an email with this photo attached – some fellow says he out did himself this year with his Christmas decorations, but he ended up having to take down the fake ‘person’ as too many people were trying to rescue ‘him’, including one 55 year old lady who just [...]

        The passing of one of our beloved police dogs always leaves a hole in the Vancouver Police K9 section, and in the last year, several retired dogs have passed over to Rainbow Bridge. While most expect the dog’s handler to be devastated, many do not realize the impact these four legged [...]

Yesterday afternoon I met with other police officers in one of our local coffee houses. As I waited in line I had a brief conversation with the very nice man behind me about the Lakewood Police Department tragedy.  He made the comment that officers had better have guns drawn simply to go for coffee, even in Vancouver, and [...]