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Article content Vancouver police put up 19 bright yellow billboards around the city, with dramatic black lettering that reads: “Warning. Be cautious of strangers getting close or asking for help” as an attention-getter for the increasingly prevalent crime during which a thief requests help or offers to give cheap jewelry to an elderly person to distract them during the robbery of expensive jewelry or other valuables. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Vancouver police billboards warning of strangers face backlash, vandalism Back to video “...

Vancouver Police Officers Filmed Posing Next to Dead Body Are 'Reassigned' On 3/2/21 at 12:00 PM EST Two Vancouver police officers seen filming themselves posing by a dead body have been reassigned to administrative duties. The officers were spotted by a passerby who filmed the encounter at Third Beach on the morning of Wednesday, February 24. "I'm here at the sea wall and there's a deceased human being on the beach and these two police officers are just taking a picture .... Weird," resident Zachary Ratcliffe said in a video he posted to Instagram. "The cop's taking a picture and he's joking...

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) has reassigned two officers who were captured on video taking photos next to a dead body last week. After the incident occurred on February 25, footage of the officers was shared by Instagram user @zac.news. The video appears to show a VPD officer posing near a cadaver at Third Beach as a second officer takes a photo. The person behind the camera asks the officers, “Is that a deceased person?” To which one responds, “Ya.”     Simi Heer, Director of Public Affairs for the VPD, tells Daily Hive that the two officers were reassigned on Monday morn...

Dan Fumano: Public drinking as a health measure — Vancouver eyes allowing booze in DTES 'parklet' Dan Fumano © Provided by Vancouver Sun Russell Maynard in front of 111 Princess St. in Vancouver on February 22, 2021. The idea of allowing beer consumption on a Vancouver street corner is being pitched as both a public health measure and a great moment of civic compromise. City council is considering the creation of a small curbside “parklet” on a quiet side street in the Downtown Eastside where public booze consumption would be legalized. The proposal has support fro...

Non-profit supporting sex workers ends partnership with VPD over officer's abuse, alleged police harassment A non-profit that aims to improve the health and safety of sex workers is ending its 16-year partnership with the Vancouver Police Department over concerns about officer misconduct and treatment of those who work in the sex trade. Social Sharing