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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.
Financial Institution Robbery Attempt
At approximately 0900 hrs the New Westminster police responded to numerous 9-1-1 calls regarding a robbery attempt at a bank located in the 800 block of McBride blvd. Witnesses advise of a suspect brandishing a crowbar to smash the front window of the bank to gain entry. The bank was not as yet open for […]
Armed Takeover Style Bank Robbery
The New Westminster Police is currently investigating a violent “takeover” style bank robbery which occurred on Monday June 15th, 2009. Two masked males entered a local bank, one armed with a handgun and one with a knife. One of the males jumped the counter and robbed several tellers. The males made off with a quantity […]
Search Warrant Locates Marihuana Grow Op And Firearm
On June 15th, 2009 members of the New Westminster Police Street Crime Unit, assisted by members of the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team executed a Search Warrant at a residence in the 300 block of Johnson Street. The search located the following items: A Marihuana Grow Operation with over 500 plants. An electrical by-pass One […]
Male Missing From Mental Health Facility
At 0845 hrs this date the missing male, Darcy Raymond VISCOUNT, was located. New Westminster police were contacted by a witness calling from Burnaby near Metro Town mall. The witness advised that the male he was observing matched the description of VISCOUNT. Burnaby RCMP were immediately dispatched to the scene. VISCOUNT was located and transported […]
Report Of Male With A Rifle Generates ERT Response
On June 3rd, 2009 at approximately 1450 hours, members of the NWPS responded to a report of a male pointing a rifle out of a 5th floor apartment building in the 600 block of Victoria Street, New Westminster, BC. As a result of this information the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team was contacted to respond. […]
Consecration Of New Westminster Police Service Ceremonial Flag
On May 23, 2009 at 3:00pm, the Lt. Governor of British Columbia, the Mayor of New Westminster, the members of the New Westminster Police Service, the New Westminster Police Service Pipe Band as well as other dignitaries will gather in Queens Park, New Westminster B.C. to honour the newly developed New Westminster Police Service ceremonial […]
Male Stabbed
New Westminster Police have a thirty-six-year-old woman in custody following a stabbing incident last night. Shortly after 8:00 PM on May 7th, police were called to an apartment building in the 500 block of Ash Street after residents reported a male lying in a hallway covered in blood. When officers attended they discovered the male, […]
Missing Male With Medical Concerns
UpdatedL 1630 hours We are very pleased to announce that the sixty-one-year-old male who was reported missing late last night after leaving Royal Columbian Hospital, has been located. Shawn McGladdery, who was in need of medication, arrived at Vancouver General Hospital earlier this afternoon and has since been transported back to his family in Surrey. […]
Police Arrest Male In Break And Enter Theft
On May 4, 2009 at 0250 hours residents in the 800 block of 12th street contacted the New Westminster Police Service to advise of awakening to the sound of breaking glass at a nearby business. Patrol officers were immediately dispatched to the area. The witnesses remained on the 9-1-1 line with police dispatch and were […]
New Westminster Police Officer Returns From Afghanistan
Deputy Chief Constable Mike Judd has returned home to New Westminster after serving in Afghanistan for one year as a civilian police advisor in that country’s capital city of Kabul. In early 2008 Deputy Chief Judd was one of two senior Canadian police officers selected by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s International Peace Operations Branch […]