Good Day Block Watch Captains, Co-Captains & Participants,

West Vancouver Police have responded to 248 calls for service since our October 10th Update.

Click Here To View Updated West Vancouver Crime Alerts

Break-Ins

An unfortunately familiar pattern in a break-in reported this week in the Westhill area of the British Properties.  Residents returned home from an evening out to discover their home had been broken into. Suspects had made their way to an upper floor balcony & smashed through a glass door. No alarm was triggered. Fortunately, while several rooms appeared to have been rummaged through, nothing appeared to have been stolen. 

If you have an alarm, please ensure it is set anytime you leave your home unattended. Burglary suspects will very commonly target upper floor balcony doors or windows, betting that homeowners will only have intrusion sensors on ground level entry points.   Regular review of your home security provisions is highly recommended, especially with an eye toward what upper-level entry points could be accessed by a motivated thief.

Suspects also targeted a patio door breaking into a ground level suite in a multi unit building in the Marine Drive/Taylor Way area. No alarm was triggered. Multiple rooms were ransacked.

Theft

Please avoid leaving items of value in your unattended vehicle. Crime Alerts this week include several Thefts from Auto from both locked and unlocked vehicles.

Cyber Security Month – How Secure Are Your Connections?

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month in Canada.  We are sharing information links throughout the month on protecting yourself online.

This week we join in encouraging you to think more carefully about how secure your personal internet connections are.

Click Here to visit GetCyberSafe.gc.ca for help to review safety of your internet connections

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