Jumping through windows and leaping over fences are all in a day’s work for this member of the Vancouver police department.
However, he might bark or growl in the process.
Jet, an 85-pound German shepherd police dog, tracks the scent of criminals on the run.
“When he’s not working, he’s a pushover,” said Jet’s handler, Const. Rich Horner.
Jet [...]

July 9th - The 21st Annual VPD Free Youth Soccer Camp was put on this year by the Vancouver Police Soccer and Service Club with the generous support of the Vancouver Police Foundation. Foundation Executive Director Valerie MacLean remarked that “the funding provided by the Vancouver Police Foundation is made possible by the unprecedented and [...]

Cops on all-terrain vehicles will again be a regular sight on the beaches this summer.
After a one-year absence because of funding, the Vancouver Police Department received $34,687 from the Vancouver Police Foundation to acquire three vehicles, commonly known as ATVs.
Const. Jana McGuinness, a VPD media relations officer, said in an email message the funding “allows [...]

Vancouver Police Foundation distributed $171,000 to 25 VPD grant applicants, $300,000 for the acquisition of a mobile command vehicle, $200,000 for the dog-squad training facility and $250,000 toward the purchase of an armoured rescue vehicle.
Vancouver Sun, June 28, 2010

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The VPF funds a wide range of community policing and outreach programs not covered by the annual operating budget of the Vancouver [...]

From the June 18, 2010 Vancouver Province:

When the going gets tough, bring in the talking dog. Young people in an innovative Vancouver Community College program are using their newly acquired automotive-repair skills to assist the city’s street kids — with a little help from Scooby Doo.
Participants in the NasKarz program — designed to teach auto-shop [...]

Words from Chief Contstable Jim Chu
When we choose policing as a career, we can realistically expect that we will experience moments over the years that will test our character and affect us in a way that may change us forever.
There is always a danger that in the heat of the fray our humanity will make [...]

Canada actually should have won 15 gold medals with the final gold medal being awarded to the Vancouver Police Department.
Chief Constable Jim Chu and every VPD officer displayed professionalism, integrity and calm while keeping our beautiful city, our visitors, and all of us safe during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
They ensured that not only would the [...]

Alexander McCready, 40 years old of no fixed address, has now been charged with Break and Enter and Possession of Break-in Instruments. The Vancouver Police Department would like to thank a Crime Alert Service member for his keen eye and swift action which made this apprehension possible.
The VPD sent out its first Crime Alerts on [...]

Freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly are two of our most cherished human rights. Peaceful protests have accomplished a great deal in advancing change. But there is a minority group of organized violent protesters who hide behind balaclavas and masks not to effect change but rather to commit criminal acts of assault and [...]