Major Policies & Initiatives

Some of the Vancouver Police Department's major public policies and initiatives include:

Policies

• VPD Drug Policy (PDF)
• VPD Homeless Policy (Video)
• VPD Hypothermia Policy (Video)
• VPD Sex Work Enforcement Guidelines (PDF)
• VPD Public Demonstration Guidelines (PDF)

Crime Prevention and Safety

• BarWatch | Citizens' Crime Watch | Con Air | Crime Alert | Krenz on Krime (video) | PedWatch (video) | Preventing Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault | Project Griffin | Restaurant Watch | SpeedWatch

Crime Prevention Campaigns

• Don't Be That Guy | Are You Helping Thieves? | If You Leave It, Thieves Won't (video) | International Student Safety - Mandarin

Community

• Citizens' Police Academy (video) | E.A.S.Y. | H.E.R.O.S. Hockey Camp | Junior Police Academy | Naskarz | Pulling Together Canoe Journey | SisterWatch | Student Challenge | Vancouver Police Basketball Association
  
  
• Police Athletic League
  • Youth Soccer Camp

Fundraising

• Cops for Cancer (video) | Larry Young Run (video) | Law Enforcement Torch Run - Special Olympics | Police Dog Calendar

Recruiting

• Aboriginal Cadet Program | Second Life

Social Media

• Beyond the Blue Line (blog) | Eastside Stories (blog) | Facebook | Flickr | Livestream Video | YouTube
  
  
• Twitter
  • Tweet the Chief | video
  • Tweet-A-Long | video

Projects

• Project Alchemy (2006) | Project Haven (2005) (video) | Project Larceny (2009)(video) | Project Lick 'N' Stick (2010) | Project Lockstep (2009) | Project Oldtimer (2008) (video) | Project Rebellion (2009) | Reclaiming the Streets of Shame (2008) (video) | Projects Rescue and Tyrant (2011) | Project Sabr (2011) | Project Sanctuary (2011) | Project Scourge (2010) | Project Tiptoe (2011) | Project Torrent (2009) | Project Trapdoor (2009)
  

Community Policing Initiatives

• Adopt-A-Block Program (Collingwood CPC)
• Apartment Watch (West End CPC)
• Anti-Graffiti Program (West End CPC)
• Business Liaison Guardians Program (Collingwood CPC)
• Child Find Program (Chinese CPC)
• Child Find (Kerrisdale, Oakridge & Marpole CPC)
• Citizens Patrol (Hastings Sunrise CPC)
• CLAY - Cultural Leadership for Aboriginal Youth Project (Aboriginal CPC)
• Community Cleanup (Hastings Sunrise CPC)
• Crime Alerts (Kerrisdale, Oakridge & Marpole CPC)
• ESL School Safety (Chinese CPC)
• International Student Safety Project (South Vancouver CPC)
• It's All About M.E. (Collingwood CPC)
• Kare4kids (Chinese CPC)
• Lock Out Auto Crime (Kerrisdale, Oakridge & Marpole CPC)
• Mike Dosen Bike Roadeo (Collingwood CPC)
• Patrols - Foot, Bike and Pooch (Grandview Woodlands CPC)
• Patrols - Foot and Bike (Collingwood CPC)
• Patrols - Bike, Foot and Pooch (South Vancouver CPC)
• Patrols - Foot and Bike (Kitsilano Fairview CPC)
• Patrols - Foot, Bike and Night (Kerrisdale, Oakridge & Marpole CPC)
• RestART | video (Grandview Woodlands CPC)
• Seniors Safe at Home (Chinese CPC)
• Senior Safe Tea Program (Collingwood CPC)