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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.
NWPD execute search warrant and arrest male for break and enter
New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department, as a result of the execution of a Search Warrant, arrested a male suspect today at his residence on 10th Avenue in New Westminster. The Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team assisted with the execution of the Search Warrant. As a precautionary measure, and with the cooperation of […]
Protect yourself from card skimming
New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department has received reports of credit card skimmers being placed on public parking pay stations in the east side of New Westminster. These include the new City of New Westminster parking pay stations on East Columbia Street. Fraudulent card reader plates were placed over top of the legitimate […]
Driver in fatal pedestrian collision pleads guilty to charges
New Westminster – On April 16, 2014, twenty-nine year old Ryan Follack, a Kelowna resident, plead guilty to charges stemming from a fatal pedestrian collision where Gemma Snowball was killed on March 11, 2013. Follack plead guilty to the following charges: 1.) Drive Without Due Care S. 144(1)(a) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act; and […]
New Westminster man charged with sexual assault
New Westminster – On March 20, 2014, fifty-two year old Fred William Bilawey appeared in New Westminster Provincial Court where he was charged with one count of Sexual Assault contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code. Bilawey currently resides in New Westminster. His next court date is scheduled for May 5, 2014. The alleged […]
Seven NWPD Officers selected for Alexa’s Team
Photo from left to right: Inspector Phil Eastwood, Cst. Jaspaul Chung, Cst. Jeff Russell, Cst. Jeff Scott, Cst. Ted Ishii, Cst. Brandon Blue, S/Sgt. Trevor Dudar, Cst. Mike Wise, DCC Laurin Stenerson, (missing is Cst Jamie Crowston) New Westminster – The NWPD are proud to announce that seven of their officers were selected as […]
NWPD Clarify Points Made in Vancouver Province Article Dated April 4, 2014
New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department wish to clarify points made in an article published in the Vancouver Province on April 4, 2014. The article provided information from the Office of the Police Complaints Commission from cases that were investigated in 2013. With respect to the New Westminster Police Officer being reported to […]
UPDATE: NWPD requests public’s assistance in locating missing 18-year-old female
**UPDATE: Missing female has now been located. New Westminster – Eighteen-year old Scarlett Rae Nelson has been missing from New Westminster since Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 11:30 am. She is described as follows: Caucasian female 5’2” height 112 lbs Dyed light brown hair with purple and blue streaks She was last seen wearing black […]
NWPD request assistance of the public to identify suspect
New Westminster – Between March 10th and March 12th, 2014, the suspect shown in the attached photo attempted to steal several vehicles in the downtown area of New Westminster. His description is as follows: Caucasian male 25-35 years old 5’8″-5’10” height 220-260 lbs brown hair cut short on the sides and longer on the top […]
Two males shot in New Westminster
New Westminster – At approximately 12:30 am, the New Westminster Police Department received a 911 call reporting that several shots were fired in the area of 1st Street and Royal Avenue. As members were heading to the area, two injured males arrived at the police station in their vehicle. The two males, both in their […]
Robbery suspects arrested
New Westminster – On March 18, 2014 at approximately 9:15 pm, two male suspects entered a local restaurant in the 700 block of Sixth Street, intimated they had weapons and ordered staff to the ground. The male suspects then took a small amount of cash from the till and fled to a waiting getaway vehicle […]