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Vancouver Police Department

The Vancouver Police Department, also known as the VPD, is the main law enforcement agency of the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada, under the jurisdiction of the Honourable Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia, His Worship Ken Sim, the mayor of Vancouver, and the chair of the Vancouver Police Board. It is the second-largest police department in the province of British Columbia behind the British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police's "E" Division. They have over 1,448 Sworn Uniformed Police Personnel and over 461 Civilian Members. The VPD was started on May 10, 1886 when Chief Constable John Stewart was appointed as the city's first police officer.[2]

Vancouver Police Department
Common name Vancouver Police
Abbreviation VPD
Motto Beyond the Call
Agency Overview
Formed May 10, 1886
Employees 1,909
Volunteers Depends on the community policing centre
Annual Budget $411 m[1]
Legal personality Governmental agency
Jurisdictional Structure
Divisional agency City of Vancouver in the Province of British Columbia , Canada
Governing body Vancouver Police Board
Constituting instrument BC Police Act
General nature
Operational Structure
Police Constabless 1,448 sworn officers (2023)
Civilian Employeess 461
Elected officers responsible
Agency executive Adam Palmer, Chief Constable
Facilities
Police Cruiserss 449
Police boatss 2
Horsess 17
Dogss 18 German Shepherds/K-9 Units
Website
Official site
VPD Dodge Charger

Jackson Abray, V.W. Haywood, and John McLaren were later appointed as special constables by mayor Malcolm Alexander MacLean after the Great Vancouver Fire.[3] The VPD were also the first law enforcement agency in Canada to welcome female officers. L.D. Harris and Minnie Miller worked as matrons for the jail.[4]

Vancouver Police Department Media

  • The first Vancouver Police Department posing after the Great Fire of 1886 razed the city

  • Mosaic marking the spot where Chief Constable McLennan was killed in 1917

  • VPD beach patrol at Kitsilano Beach

  • Members of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band outside Buckingham Palace, June 2014

  • Vancouver police officers making an arrest in the Downtown Eastside

  • Vancouver Police officers ordering two sidewalk vendors to leave the area

  • Vancouver Police Vessel

  • Vancouver Police at an Occupy Vancouver gathering

  • A Vancouver Police Department officer on a motorbike

References

  1. ↑ "Vancouver police seek to increase 2025 budget to $434M". CBC News. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  2. ↑ "History". Vancouver Police Department. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ "5 things you didn't know about the Vancouver Police Department". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Singing praises of Canada's first policewomen in Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 16, 2025.

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