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Male Arrested For Assaulting Police Officer

On Wednesday February Sixteenth 2011 at 2024 Hours, a male entered the front lobby of the New Westminster Police Service asking for police assistance. The male, a Forty-Four old New Westminster resident, complained of experiencing emotional health issues and requested a member transport him to Royal Columbian Hospital. A police officer was assigned to transport […]

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Male Arrested – Attempted Vehicle Theft

On February Twentieth at 2214 Hours, a complainant contacted the New Westminster Police Service to advise of witnessing a male breaking into vehicles parked in the Six-Hundred Block of Queens Avenue. Patrol officers immediately attended the area to set up surveillance. Once in position, officers observed a male exiting the driver’s side of a parked […]

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Youth Approached By A Stranger

Yesterday morning in the area of 9th street and St Andrews while on the way to elementary school, a youth was approached by a man he described as being older, with a grey beard, wearing a green nike T-shirt and black baseball cap that had grey trim. The man was driving an older grey truck. […]

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New Westminster Police Execute Warrant At Marihuana Grow Operation

On January 31, 2011, members of the Street Crime Unit of the New Westminster Police Service executed a search warrant at 332 Holmes Street, New Westminster, BC. Inside of the residence, 350 suspected marihuana plants were seized. The Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team was used to serve the warrant. A 19-year old male was found […]

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New Westminster Police Board Announces Successor To Chief Constable Position

The New Westminster Police Board has appointed Deputy Chief David P. Jones, to succeed as the new Chief Constable of the New Westminster Police Service. Recently, long-serving Chief Constable Lorne Zapotichny announced his retirement after four decades of service in uniform. The Board, along with representatives from the City of New Westminster Human Resources Department […]

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Suspicious Male

On Sunday January 9th at approximately 1300 Hours, four boys, 10 to 11 years of age, were playing on the back field of Lord Tweedsmuir School when a suspicious male approached them. The male, described as Caucasian, Fifty to Sixty years of age, slim build, white hair, a white mustache, wearing a grey suit jacket, […]

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Escaped Prisoner Arrested

On Monday January 10th at 0238 Hours, New Westminster Police patrol officers located and arrested Forty-Six year old Susan Smith. Smith had escaped from police custody in Burnaby on Friday January 7th and was subsequently subject to an arrest warrant for escaping lawful custody. Smith was arrested in the 12th Street area of New Westminster […]

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New Westminster Chief Constable Announces Retirement

New Westminster police Chief Constable Lorne Zapotichny announced his retirement today. The Chief’s last official day in office will be February 28th 2011. The New Westminster Police Board will announce a succession plan before that date. Lorne Zapotichny joined the New Westminster Police in February 1998 and was sworn in as Chief Constable in August […]

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45 Year Old Vancouver Male Arrested On Christmas Eve For Burglary

On December 24th at 7:30 pm an upstairs resident of a home in the 1300 block of 4th avenue heard a smashing sound. Knowing that the downstairs resident was away, the upstairs resident called New Westminster Police and then went to investigate. Upon looking into the suite the resident discovered the glass entry door was […]

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Robbery At 7-11 – Two Men Arrested Nearby

On December 26th, at 2:36 AM the 7-Eleven Store on 6th Street called New Westminster Police to report that two males had just robbed the store at knifepoint. Police responded and immediately deployed a police dog. The police dog managed to track both suspects to the 300 Block of 4th Street where they were arrested. […]

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