Reports of cybercrime up in 2020
Delta has seen a 15% increase in cybercrime incidents in 2020 from January to the end of September, compared to the same time frame last year. Unfortunately this builds on an existing trend, where the number of files in 2019 more than doubled from the previous year in 2018. Police are highlighting this offence, as October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month...
Second burgundy vehicle incident - no offence
File 20-25277 Delta Police have located and spoken with the driver of the vehicle involved in the Oct. 28 reported suspicious circumstance, involving a burgundy vehicle. The report concerned an interaction between a man associated to a burgundy car and a teenage girl. This came on the heels of an October 15 incident, whereby a teenage girl reported that a...
Police investigate another suspicious circumstance with burgundy vehicle
File 20- 25277 Today Delta Police received another report of suspicious behaviour, associated to the driver of a burgundy vehicle. A teenage girl reported that at approximately 9:15 am an older man in driving a burgundy car stopped his vehicle near 11 A Avenue and 52A Street in Tsawwassen. The driver stepped out of his vehicle and asked the girl...
Police focusing on troubled youths
File 20-22808 Police have identified a number of youths behind an increase in graffiti and vandalism in Ladner over the past few months. Incidents include private vehicles being spray painted, public washrooms in parks being vandalized, a restaurant targeted with derogatory graffiti and a broken window at a business. Constable Ken Kirk, who is head of the District Community Police...
Police caution park users after indecent acts reported
Files 20-24619 & 20-24700 Delta Police took two separate reports on Oct. 21, of an indecent act being committed in George Mackie park area in North Delta. In the first report a woman contacted Delta Police around 5:15 pm about a man she witnessed masturbating on the trail between George Massey Library and North Delta Community Park. The man was...
Police arrest 3 for trespass, suspicion of B&E
File 20-24264 Delta Police have increased patrols in Tsawwassen after a rash of thefts from vehicles in the area over the past month. On October 17 around 2:30 am an officer doing patrols observed three men enter private property in the 600 block of 52 nd Street. The men were arrested for trespassing, and found to be in possession of...
Police investigating suspicious circumstances in Tsawwassen
File 20-24198 Delta Police received a report on the afternoon of October 16 regarding a suspicious event that occurred the morning of October 15 in Tsawwassen. A girl in her teens was walking in the 1200 block of 52 nd Street around 8 am, Oct. 15, when she says she noticed a man driving a burgundy car, following her. The...
Police ask public to help look for 10-year-old girl
Delta police are currently looking for a missing 10-year-old girl named (Name Removed). " (Name Removed) has gone missing from her home near 116th and 82nd Ave in North Delta," says Cris Leykauf, spokesperson for Delta Police. "Her family is very worried about her as she left the residence without her parent's knowledge." (Name Removed) is 4'9" tall, slim, with...
Car-jacking suspected to be linked to drug sales
File 20-23179 Delta Police began investigating a suspected car-jacking October 4 in North Delta, and quickly determined the incident was likely linked to illegal marijuana sales. A DPD police officer was near the 11800 block of 88 th Avenue, when he noted a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed just after 10 pm. At that time he identified...
IIO asserts jurisdiction after two men injured during attempted arrest
Delta Police were in Langley BC the evening of October 7, on a matter related to a serious investigation from the previous week, when officers attempted to arrest two men. During the attempted arrest the two men received non-life threatening injuries. They were eventually arrested. The incident occurred in the 2400 block of 200 St. in Langley. The Independent Investigations...
Police hoping for tips re illegal dumping
File 20-22163 Somewhere there’s a homeowner in Delta, Surrey or perhaps New West or Richmond, with a major renovation underway, who might recognize some illegally dumped debris. It’s a growing problem in Delta, and it is already costing taxpayers and private residents about $50,000-$60,000 in the past two weeks. “We’re hoping that by releasing pictures of this dumped debris, someone...