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New Westminster Police Department joins integrated collision analysis team

New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department is expanding its participation in integrated policing programs, and will be joining the Lower Mainland Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS), with a preliminary start in April 2022. ICARS is responsible for the forensic reconstruction of collisions that result in serious injury or death from Pemberton to […]

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Violent assault in moving vehicle prompts investigators to ask for help from witnesses

New Westminster – Investigators are asking witnesses to come forward after a woman was assaulted and held against her will in a moving vehicle. Investigators with the New Westminster Police Department Major Crime Unit believe this assault occurred on March 23rd between the hours of 1:00 am and 3:30 am. The vehicle, a grey Toyota […]

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Witnesses asked to come forward following violent robbery with a hatchet

New Westminster – In the early morning hours of April 3rd, New Westminster Police Department officers were called to the area outside the New Westminster SkyTrain Station regarding a violent robbery in progress. According to the witness who called 9-1-1 someone was being assaulted with a hatchet and robbed of their bag. NWPD officers rushed […]

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Driver of stolen vehicle safely taken into custody following spike belt deployment

New Westminster – In the early morning hours of April 3rd, New Westminster Police Department officers were made aware of a stolen vehicle that was being driven into New Westminster. NWPD officers monitored the direction of travel of the stolen vehicle and deployed a spike belt as the vehicle drove along Front Street in downtown […]

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New Westminster Police Department rewards drivers for good behaviour

New Westminster – Sensible drivers were rewarded for their courteous behavior by the New Westminster Police Department this week. The New Westminster Police Department’s Traffic Unit was promoting safe driving through positive reinforcement. Safe driving behaviours that were rewarded included: traveling within the speed limits, proper use of the student drop off and pick up […]

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Suspect arrested by NWPD officers after leaving trailer with stolen goods

New Westminster – In the early morning hours of March 28th, New Westminster Police Department officers were called by a security company to a construction site on Nelson’s Cresent regarding a break and enter in progress. The suspect could be seen within the premises on CCTV, picking up items. As NWPD officers searched the construction […]

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Victim pepper sprayed by catalytic converter thieves

New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department is seeking public assistance in the search for two suspects who pepper sprayed a resident after stealing the catalytic converter from her car. Part of a vehicle’s exhaust system, catalytic converters are sought by thieves for the precious metals found inside them. The victim was pepper-sprayed when […]

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Teenager robbed at knife-point

New Westminster – The New Westminster Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in the search for two suspects who robbed a teenager at knife point. The victim was walking home from school on March 4th in the area of 6th Street and 3rd Avenue at approximately 3:30 pm when he was approached by two […]

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Suspect charged in connection to Alexander Street assault and robbery

New Westminster – On February 10th the New Westminster Police Department asked witnesses to come forward following an assault and robbery that occurred on Alexander Street on February 8th. Since that time, New Westminster Police Department patrol officers have made an arrest. This arrest occurred on February 15th when police were called to Alexander Street […]

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Witnesses asked to come forward following indecent act at Glenbrook Middle School

New Westminster – On February 15th at approximately 11:00 am, New Westminster Police Department officers were called to Glenbrook Middle School for a report of indecent exposure. Staff at the school phoned the New Westminster Police Department to report that an unknown male exposed his genitals to a group of children on the school grounds. […]

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