Good day Block Watch Leads, Co-Leads & Participants,
West Vancouver Police have responded to 221 calls for service since our January 29th update.
For updated crime alerts anytime click westvanpolice.ca/crime-alerts
Residential Break-in
A difficult but important reminder this week for a resident in a Taylor Way / Marine Drive area multi-unit building, to confirm your home is secure before leaving. The resident departed for errands, accidentally leaving the suite door unlocked. Upon return, they discovered several rooms in the suite had been rummaged, with jewelry, a camera and personal computers among the items stolen.
Safety During Online Marketplace Transactions
If you are planning to buy or sell items in transactions advertised online, please be sure to have a security plan in mind. This is especially important if the transaction involves anyone unknown to you. A resident met up this week with a suspect posing as a prospective buyer of an e-Bike. The suspect requested a short test ride, then took the bike and rode away. The victim began tracking the bike with an online chip as the suspect headed first to North Vancouver, then to Vancouver, where the bike was recovered. The suspect had fled. We recommend ensuring you are given personal identification by any prospective buyer before allowing them to take possession of an item for sale. And you are welcome at anytime to use the Safe Trading Zone at the exterior front entry plaza of our police headquarters as a meeting point for online transactions.
North Vancouver RCMP Seeking Public Assistance
To assist our North Shore Policing partners, we are sharing two requests for public help from North Vancouver RCMP.
RCMP need your assistance to help find a North Vancouver resident missing since January 22nd. Please Click Here For More Details On This Missing Person investigation.
And investigators working to solve an injury hit & run collision in the Edgemont area are also appealing for public assistance. Please Click Here For Information
Emergency Preparedness – Get Started With North Shore Emergency Management
There is a new opportunity for Block Watch Participants to get information supporting their own personal emergency planning. North Shore Emergency Management volunteers will host an information booth Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 11 am to 1:30 pm, at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre. You are invited to stop by their booth, speak with NSEM volunteers, and pick up emergency preparedness materials.
Anytime you see activity of concern, please don’t hesitate to call West Vancouver Police. Call 604-925-7300 for non-emergency matters. Call 9-1-1 in an emergency, including events that involve an immediate threat to a person or property or to report a substantive crime in progress. For updated crime alerts anytime click westvanpolice.ca/crime-alerts.
Jeff Palmer
Block Watch & Operational Support Coordinator
West Vancouver Police
t: 604-925-7300
