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If the crime you are reporting is an emergency, call 9-1-1.
If the crime you are reporting is not an emergency, you can call the non-emergency line at 604-525-5411 or attend our Front Counter at 555 Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC.
Fraud Prevention Tips For Seniors
Crime prevention tips for seniors Personal safety and crime prevention tips apply to everyone regardless of age. However, seniors are even more vulnerable because they are predominately very trusting of people and have a desire to help others. Every community experiences criminals that prey on the elderly. Most recently, a New Westminster senior was scammed […]
Male Charged With Arson
On Monday September Twenty-Seventh at 1912 Hours, the New Westminster Police and Fire Services attended a reported fire at a residence in the Eight-Hundred Block of Royal Avenue. At scene, police officers and New Westminster Fire Services discovered a male whom had witnessed the fire and extinguished it just before crews arrived. The fire was […]
Male Arrested For Robbery
On Monday, September 20th at 5:50 P.M. New Westminster Police received a 9-1-1 call from a female advising that an unknown male had just minute’s earlier demanded money from her while brandishing a knife. This incident occurred in the Six-Hundred Block of Victoria Street. The suspect was described as a Caucasian male, early twenties, stocky […]
‘Con Air’ Returns Male To Ontario To Face Charges
On August 25, 2010, a member of the New Westminster Police Service Operational Support Unit encountered a male in the 800 block of Carnarvon Street and found that he was wanted on multiple warrants for serious offences in Stratford, Ontario. The offences were: sexual assault, aggravated assault, forcible confinement, fail to appear and mischief. None […]
Off-Duty Police Officer Aids In Arrest
On Tuesday September 7th at 9:00 p.m. off-duty New Westminster police officer Constable Crowston was driving on East Columbia Street in the 800 Block when he observed that the passenger van in front of him was being operated erratically. Crowston continued his observation of the vehicle as it sped up and slowed down arbitrarily. Constable […]
Male Assaulted – Accused Arrested
On Tuesday September 7th at 1300 Hours, New Westminster police officers were dispatched to the Six-Hundred Block of Princess Street on report of an assault that had just occurred. At scene, police located the Fifty-Six year old male victim and witnesses to the assault. Reports indicate that the victim had parked his commercial vehicle in […]
Suspicious Male
On August 31st at approximately 2:00 P.M. a female in her late teens was walking in the Two-Hundred Block of First Street when she was approached by a suspicious male. The male was driving along First Street when he pulled his vehicle to the curb near the female. The male rolled his vehicle window down […]
Shots Fired
On August 26, 2010 at approximately 3:20 A.M., the New Westminster Police Service received numerous 9-1-1 calls regarding the sound of gunshot fire in the Twenty-One Hundred Block of Dublin Street. Police officers immediately attended the area and cordoned off the surrounding streets. At scene, officers confirmed that a residence and a vehicle had been […]
New Westminster Male Arrested On Drug Related Charges
On August 12, 2010, the New Westminster Police Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant on a residence located across the street from Moody Park in uptown New Westminster. The investigation began as a result of numerous citizen complaints regarding drug trafficking inside of Moody Park. Members of the Street Crime Unit conducted a one […]
Debit Card Fraud
The New Westminster Police are now investigating two separate Debit Card Frauds involving a debit card skimmer. In each instance a victim was contacted, either in person or by phone and solicited to donate to the Cancer Society of BC. In both instances a female suspect attended their residence and swiped the victims debit card […]