West Vancouver Police have responded to 250 calls for service since our September 4th update.
For updated crime alerts anytime click westvanpolice.ca/crime-alerts
**Please Note – I will be away from the office next week, assisting with the Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast. The next Crime Alerts & Coordinator’s Update will be issued September 25th, 2025**
Residential Break-ins
Residential B&E reports in the Ambleside & Sentinel Hill areas this past week include some valuable lessons for all district residents. One suspect climbed to a multi-unit residential building balcony and was easily able to enter through an open patio door. Watches & jewelry were stolen.
In another Sentinel Hill area report, suspects again targeted a patio door, this time forcing the lock. Fortunately, in this report, nothing was found to have been stolen. From the upper slopes of Ambleside this week, a homeowner had left a key fob for the residence in a mailbox. Suspects gained access to the home. E-Bikes & a charging cable were stolen.
Please remain alert in your neighbourhoods. If you wish to have additional ventilation, ensure any patio doors or windows being left partially open are secured by secondary locks. Avoid leaving keys or fobs that to help a suspect into your home in any unsecure location.
Loan Advertising Scam
Yet another scam to watch out for. A resident reported this week they were seeking personal loan and responded to on-line loan service advertisement. The suspect requested payment by gift cards to cover service charges for the loan. The victim obtained gift cards and forwarded payment codes to the suspect before realizing it was a scam. If someone is requesting payment via gift cards, you should terminate all contact with that individual. Once gift cards are given or the payment codes on the cards are shared your funds will be irretrievably lost.
WVPD in the Community – Cops For Cancer Tour de Coast
With yours truly proud to serve again as Support Crew member & Team Bus Driver, West Vancouver Constables Jack Yee & Jerid McCuaig depart tomorrow, September 12th, on the 2025 Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast. Along with officers & first responders from across the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, Powell River & Sea to Sky Corridor, Jack & Jerid will ride 800 KM over eight days fundraising for Pediatric Cancer Research and Patient Support programs like world-renowned Camp Goodtimes in Maple Ridge. Thanks to generous, and energetic community supporters, West Vancouver Police Cops for Cancer has raised over $44,000 this year with donations continuing to arrive. You can see our tour at West Vancouver stops tomorrow beginning with our tour opening ceremony at Capilano Little Ones School on Xwemelch’stn, with visits to schools & supporters across the North Shore through the day and a stop at our West Vancouver Police Headquarters at approximately 3pm Friday afternoon. The public is welcome to join us for our Headquarters stop.
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
