VicPD

Reports started coming in at approximately 11:30 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day after multiple people were robbed at knife-point. (Black Press Media file photo)

Armed suspect arrested after knifepoint robberies, stabbing in downtown Victoria

VicPD officer, taxi driver also injured while responding to St. Patrick’s Day calls

  • Mar 21, 2023

 

The Victoria Police Department is continuing its investigation into a restaurant altercation that left one patron with facial injuries. (Black Press Media file photo)

UPDATE: Suspect identified after restaurant patron punched

Altercation involving a chair leaves patron with facial injuries

 

Fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and prescription drugs, plus guns and cash, were seized by Greater Victoria police units on March 15 following an investigation into organized crime and drug trafficking. (Courtesy of Saanich police)

Greater Victoria investigation seizes trafficking-consistent amount of drugs, handguns

Multiple units conducted searches, vehicle stop after organized crime investigation

 

A man is facing two recommended charges after allegedly stabbing a Victoria police officer with a needle. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man arrested after Victoria police officer stabbed with needle at overdose scene

Police say the officer sustained a non-life-threatening injury

  • Mar 14, 2023
A man is facing two recommended charges after allegedly stabbing a Victoria police officer with a needle. (Black Press Media file photo)
The official Victoria Police Department Twitter account tweeted a photo Sunday of a team of officers in a dark alley that was taken on Saturday night. (Screenshot/Victoria Police Department)

Victoria police get an earful after tweeting about catching people urinating in alleys

But some residents are happy police are trying to stop this behaviour

The official Victoria Police Department Twitter account tweeted a photo Sunday of a team of officers in a dark alley that was taken on Saturday night. (Screenshot/Victoria Police Department)
VicPD is looking for witnesses and a suspect after a father reported a man offered him money for his three-year-old daughter. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria police look to identify man reported for trying to buy toddler

Suspicious man described as Caucasian, in his 70s, about 6’2” with a heavy build and balding

VicPD is looking for witnesses and a suspect after a father reported a man offered him money for his three-year-old daughter. (Black Press Media file photo)
A man faces 23 potential charges after a March 3 VicPD search warrant and arrest. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria police arrest man found with more than $11,000 in stolen goods after break-ins

Suspect faces 23 recommended charges after proprietary technology taken twice from same business

A man faces 23 potential charges after a March 3 VicPD search warrant and arrest. (Black Press Media file photo)
Police are looking for high-risk missing person Justin Parent after he was last seen on March 2. (Courtesy of VicPD)

UPDATE: Justin Parent found safe

The 25-year-old was the subject of a missing person alert on Friday (March 3)

Police are looking for high-risk missing person Justin Parent after he was last seen on March 2. (Courtesy of VicPD)
Timothy Jones, who was wanted on a Canadawide warrant, was arrested by Victoria police Thursday morning. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police pepper spray Victoria man armed with shard of broken glass

Timothy Jones had been wanted on a Canadawide warrant after not returning to halfway house

Timothy Jones, who was wanted on a Canadawide warrant, was arrested by Victoria police Thursday morning. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria Police found a dead body on Feb. 28 the person’s mobility scooter and clothing items were found near at the waterfront days earlier. (Black Press Media file photo).

Body found in Oak Bay days after mobility scooter left at Victoria beach

Police circulated photos of the abandoned scooter, clothing items late last month

Victoria Police found a dead body on Feb. 28 the person’s mobility scooter and clothing items were found near at the waterfront days earlier. (Black Press Media file photo).
The Victoria and Esquimalt police board has said it won’t be coming down from its proposed 9.55 per cent budget increase after the city asks it to also bring their hike in line with inflation. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police board says it won’t follow suit after Victoria looks to reduce budget hike

9.55 per cent increase pitched by police board, city aims for inflation-matching plan

The Victoria and Esquimalt police board has said it won’t be coming down from its proposed 9.55 per cent budget increase after the city asks it to also bring their hike in line with inflation. (Black Press Media file photo)
VicPD released images of a suspect reportedly kicking a couple’s dog before he got physical with one of them on Feb. 25. (Courtesy of VicPD)

Victoria police looking for man suspected of kicking dog in altercation with tourists

Tourists were on Government Street when the encounter with stranger occurred

VicPD released images of a suspect reportedly kicking a couple’s dog before he got physical with one of them on Feb. 25. (Courtesy of VicPD)
VicPD Victoria Police Department patrol car squad car cop car. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria man arrested after trying to flee on an electric scooter

Officers from the Victoria Police Department eventually contained and arrested the man

VicPD Victoria Police Department patrol car squad car cop car. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Victoria Police Department is asking for help locating Christian Gaudet. (Courtesy VicPD)

VicPD seeks help locating missing man with distinctive tattoos

Christian Gaudet is described as a Caucasian man, 6’ with a slim build, brown hair and brown eyes

The Victoria Police Department is asking for help locating Christian Gaudet. (Courtesy VicPD)
(Black Press Media File Photo)

VicPD seeks public’s help in identifying two suspects

Officers are looking for more information after two people were assaulted

(Black Press Media File Photo)
A Victoria police officer’s notebook that was lost in late 2022 contained 50 names and 60 addresses relating to police actions or investigations. The contents were used to conduct an alleged crime in Saanich. (Black Press Media file photo)

Personal information in Victoria police officer’s lost notebook used for Saanich crime

Notebook lost for five days, contained 50 addresses plus 60 names

A Victoria police officer’s notebook that was lost in late 2022 contained 50 names and 60 addresses relating to police actions or investigations. The contents were used to conduct an alleged crime in Saanich. (Black Press Media file photo)
(Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria police seek downtown assault suspect who left victim with ‘significant injuries’

One person was injured and transferred to the hospital after an assault on Yates Street

(Black Press Media file photo)
Gary Davis has been found safe. (Courtesy of VicPD)

UPDATE: 73-year-old with medical condition found safe

Gary Davis was the subject of a missing person alert on Feb. 14

Gary Davis has been found safe. (Courtesy of VicPD)
Victoria Police Department responded to a call that involved a potentially armed suspect Feb. 10 at 8:30 p.m. (Keili Bartlett/News staff)

VicPD arrest man after locating stolen vehicle on Pembroke and Quadra Streets

Officers blocked off streets out of ‘an abundance of cation’ after reviewing suspect’s warrants

Victoria Police Department responded to a call that involved a potentially armed suspect Feb. 10 at 8:30 p.m. (Keili Bartlett/News staff)
Black Press Media reporter Austin Westphal scopes the firearms on display at the Victoria Police Department to weed the real from the fake during a VicPd show and tell Feb. 9. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

‘Like clockwork’: VicPD says fake guns almost as common as the real thing

Victoria police officers seize average of 8 firearms per month in 2022

Black Press Media reporter Austin Westphal scopes the firearms on display at the Victoria Police Department to weed the real from the fake during a VicPd show and tell Feb. 9. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)