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Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers Media Releases
2025 June 17- Crime Stoppers Provides Safe Alternative To Call With Anonymous Tips On Extortion Violence Against South Asian Businesses
2025 May 22 - ABUSE OF PETS AND FARM ANIMALS REPORTABLE TO CRIME STOPPERS JUST AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER CRIME
2025 April 23 - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IS A CRIME THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS IN CANADA. REPORTING IT – EVEN ANONYMOUSLY – IS CRUCIAL IN BREAKING THE CYCLE.
2025 April 03 - EVEN THINGS THAT MIGHT ONLY “SEEM” SUSPICIOUS SHOULD BE REPORTED WITHOUT HESITATION TO CRIME STOPPERS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU’RE ABOUT TO HELP
2025 March 18 - CRIME STOPPERS AND THE BC SECURITIES COMMISSION ENCOURAGE ANONYMOUS TIPS, AS AI-ENABLED FRAUD SPREADS IN B.C.
2025 March 10 - CRIME STOPPERS PARTNERS WITH HOTEL ASSOCIATIONS TO TRAIN EMPLOYEES HOW TO REPORT SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN HOTELS
2025 February 28 - NEW CRIME STOPPERS AD CAMPAIGN STARTS THIS WEEK URGING ANONYMOUS “GUNS AND GANGS” CRIME TIPS
2025 February 11 - Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers’ six “least-wanted valentines” - one with a $50,000 reward
2025 January 28 - Impact Report 2024
2025 January 28 - INCREASE IN ANONYMOUS TIPS TO CRIME STOPPERS SEEN IN 2024
2024 December 4 - THE DARKEST MONTH OF THE YEAR IS HERE – TIME TO BE EXTRA VIGILANT ABOUT REPORTING CRIME THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
2024 October 29 - SEEN A GHOST? GET READY TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS – IT COULD BE ONE OF THIS HALLOWE’EN’s FIVE “LEAST-WANTED TRICK OR TREATERS”
2024 September 4 - CRIME AWARENESS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THIS YEAR AS STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO CLASS
2024 August 8 - CRIME STOPPERS LAUNCHES RADIO ADS SEEKING ANONYMOUS TIPS ABOUT EXTORTION THREATS AGAINST SOUTH ASIAN BUSINESSES
2024 June 26 - HIGH-TECH HOME SECURITY HELPS PREVENT SUMMER CRIME - ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINED WITH SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN “TRIED AND TRUE” SOLUTIONS
2024 May 23 - METRO VANCOUVER CRIME STOPPERS MARKS 40 YEARS OF SOLVING CRIMES WITH THE FOUNDER WHO HAD THE IDEA OF STARTING IT LOCALLY
2024 May 9 - METRO VANCOUVER CRIME STOPPERS RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE PROVINCE TO CONTINUE ITS “GUNS AND GANGS” CAMPAIGN
2024 March 5 - YOUR ANONYMOUS CALL TO CRIME STOPPERS MAY HELP STOP THE SEXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND TEENS
2024 February 13 - DEFINITELY “SWIPE LEFT” IF YOU COME ACROSS THESE “UNWANTED VALENTINES” - AND THEN CALL CRIME STOPPERS
2024 February 08 - ANONYMOUS TIPS TO CRIME STOPPERS IN 2023 LED TO ARRESTS, AND THE RECOVERY OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS, DRUGS AND STOLEN PROPERTY
2024 February 08 - 2023 IMPACT REPORT
2023 December 12 - “THE GRINCH” GIVES BACK – AT THE SURREY CHRISTMAS BUREAU!
2023 December 05 - IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT KEEPING SAFE AND CRIME-FREE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
2023 November 06 - “CRIME PREVENTION WEEK” AND CRIME STOPPERS ENCOURAGE RETAILERS TO REVISIT HOW THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES, FOLLOWING LAUNCH OF “SOS - SAVE OUR STREETS”
2023 October 30 - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: GOVERNMENTS MUST STEP UP TO END GROWING CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN BC COMMUNITIES
2023 October 24 - THIS YEAR’S FOUR “LEAST-WANTED TRICK OR TREATERS” CRIME STOPPERS REVEALS HALLOWE’EN “PUMPKIN GALLERY” OF SCARY MUG SHOTS
2023 September 6 - SCHOOL’S BACK, AND SO IS GANG RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS
2023 June 13 - JOINING A CLOSED-CIRCUIT CAMERA REGISTRY SO POLICE INVESTIGATORS CAN ACCESS YOUR VIDEOS: A GROWING TREND IN HOME SECURITY
2023 May 23 - SEXUAL ASSAULT IS A REPORTABLE CRIME, AND A CALL TO CRIME STOPPERS IS ONE WAY TO BRING OFFENDERS TO JUSTICE
2023 May 08 - RANDOM ATTACKS ARE IMPACTING OUR YOUTH – AND YOUNG PEOPLE MAY KNOW SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR POLICE INVESTIGATORS
2023 March 27 - A RECORD HALF-BILLION DOLLARS LOST TO FRAUD IN CANADA LAST YEAR, AND THAT’S JUST THE CASES THAT WERE REPORTED
2023 March 15 - NEW “GUNS AND GANGS” AD CAMPAIGN CELEBRATES “HERO TIPSTERS”
2023 February 17 - DIGITAL “CRIME BROADCAST” PLATFORM USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW EXPANDS THE REACH OF METRO VANCOUVER CRIME STOPPERS TO ATTRACT ANONYMOUS TIPS
2023 February 7 - ROSES ARE “DEAD”, AND THE VIOLETS ARE TOO…SEND US A TIP ABOUT THESE VALENTINES, ‘CAUSE THEY’RE NOT THE ONES FOR YOU!”
2023 January 31 - 2022 Impact Report
2022 December 21 - The Shortest, Darkest Day Of The Year Is Here - A Reminder For All Of Us To Stay Safe On The Streets During The Holidays
2022 December 12 - Icba Teams Up With Crime Stoppers To Offer $100,000 Reward After Violent And Destructive Attack At Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Site
2022 December 06 - Nobody Knows "Christmas Crime" Better Than "The Grinch" and His Trusty Dog "Max"
2022 October 25 - The Five "Scariest And Least-Wanted" Trick or Treaters You Don't Want on Your Doorstep This Hallowe'en
2022 September 7 - Back-To-School Is Fun - As Long As You and Your Kids Know How to Avoid Risks Like Gang Recruitment and Online Bullying
2022 August 2 - Municipal Boundaries Mean Nothing When It Comes To Targeted Gang Shootings
2022 June 23 - Burglars Are Switching Tactics These Days To Get Into Your Home Ask Yourself This Summer, “What Did I Leave Outside?”
2022 June 07 - Elder Abuse Scam Resurfaces, Impacting Lower Mainland Seniors
2022 April 26 - $100,000 Reward Offered For B.C. Fugitive Gene Karl Lahrkamp, #2 On “Bolo Program’s” Top 25 Canadian Fugitives List
2022 February 10 - Crime Stoppers Issues Plea for Anonymous Tips To Get Gang Members Arrested, After Recent Surge in Shootings
2022 February 07 - “Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue…You Should Be In Jail, That’s So Very True!” Here Are Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers’ Top Five “Least-Wanted Valentines” For 2022
2022 January 20 - MVCS Impact Report 2021
2022 January 20 - Anonymous tips to crime stoppers in 2021 led to gang-related arrests, illegal guns seized and over $2 million in property and drugs recovered
2022 January 18 - Recent rash of crimes against lower mainland businesses means it's time for a second look at how they protect themselves
2021 December 13 - “Cindy Lou Who” (the original “Christmas Crime Stopper”) and “The Grinch” want to help protect you from “Christmas crime”
2021 November 16 - “Bullet-proof” wardrobe featured in crime stoppers’ new “guns and gangs” anonymous tips campaign
2021 October 26 - The five "least-wanted trick or treaters" you don't want on your doorstep this Hallowe'en"
2021 June 22 - Don't let organized crime steal your bike this summer
2021 June 16 - Post COVID summer security
2021 June 1 - $25,000 Reward Offered Through Crime Stoppers To Solve Multiple Vehicle Arsons At Mitchell’s Towing
2021 May 17 - Provincial Funding Renews Crime Stoppers' "Guns and Gangs" Tips Campaign
2021 March 22 - Know About a Fraudulent Crime? There Are Thousands of Cases, and Millions of Dollars Lost, Each Year In Canada
2021 March 15 - Counterfeit Goods: Hard to Spot, Even Right Next to the Real Thing
2021 February 8 - 10 Least Wanted Valentine's 2021
2021 January 19 - Gang tips 2020 stats
2020 December 15 - Protect Yourself From “The Grinch”
2020 December 2 - Block Watch Partners with Crime Stoppers
2020 November 18 - Jail and Bail 2020 virtual
2020 November 12 - Domestic Violence
2020 October 30 - Upper Fraser Valley Crime Stoppers- arrests
2020 October 28 - Cyber Security Month
2020 October 7 - Auto Loan Fraud
2020 August 12 - BC SPCA Animal Cruelty Tips
2020 June 8 - Reporting Hate Crimes
2020 May 20 - COVID-19 kills; so do violent criminals
2020 April 22 - Domestic Violence
2020 April 14 - Home Crime Safety for Kids
2020 March 24 - Virus Hoazes and Tips
2020 February 12 - Least Wanted Valentine's
2020 January 15 - 2019 Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers Impact Report ----- See the FULL REPORT here
2019 December 5 - Christmas Organized Retail Theft
2019 November 15 - Looking for Volunteers on the Sunshine Coast
2019 November 4 - Clock Change Safety
2019 September 5 - Students and Online Risks
2019 June 19 - Summer Nights Home Safety
2019 June 14 - Crime Stoppers and BC Care Providers Association Urge us to Watch For - and Anonymous report - Elder Abuse Awareness
2019 April 8 - Hate Crimes & Terrorism
2019 March 13 - Cyber Fraud
2019 January 24 - CARP Elder Abuse Awareness Launch Media Release
2018 November 30 - Campaign to Help "Girlfriends of Gang Members" to Escape Gang Life
2018 September 10 - Anti-Gang Campaign an Ongoing Success in BC Policing
2018 June 21 - P3 Tips App for iPhone and Android
2018 March 5 - Tipsters Offered Rewards for Information on Wildlife and Environmental Crimes
2018 February 22 - Trolly Wire Theft
2017 September 20 - Illegal Cigarette Sales in BC Funding Organized Crime
2017 September 17 - Financial Crimes Investigators Urged to Encourage more Fraud Victims to Send Tips to Crime Stoppers
2017 August 31 - Online Safety - Children Live streaming
Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers in the News
2020 December - The Grinch Cloverdale Reporter / CTV News / Global News
2020 October 7 -Auto Loan Fraud Castanet / CBC / City News
2020 August 20 - BC SPCA and MVCS Cloverdale Reporter / Peace Arch News
2020 August 17 - BC SPCA Partners with Crime Stoppers on Animal Cruelty Burnaby Now / Delta Optimist / New West Record / North Shore News / Richmond News / Squamish Chief / Tri-City News
2020 June 6 - Global News: MVCS Hate Crime Campaign
2020 January 16 - Global News: Record Year for Crime Stoppers Tips
2019 October 19 - Global News Highlight: Winter Home Security
2019 February 11 - Elder Abuse Program JoyTV
2019 January 25 - Elder Abuse Program City News - News 1130
2018 November 30 - ISMBFG Gang Girlfriends Campaign Singtao.ca / The Abbotsford News / CFOX / GlobalNews.ca / CTV News / Global News / Voiceonline.com
2018 September 10 - Anti Gang and Illegal Gun Campaign Tip Statistics Vancouver Sun / The Province / Singtao.ca / Voiceonline.com
2018 February 22 - Trolley Wire Theft Vancouver Is Awesome / Vancouver Courier / City News - News 1130 / The Chilliwack Progress
2018 February 17 - 2018 Tip Statistics Langley Times
2017 September 20 - Illegal Cigarette Sales City News - News 1130 / Voiceonline.com