Two seriously injured after separate collisions in Delta
File 21-7005 and 21-7047 Delta Police attended two serious collisions on March 31. In the first instance police were called to a collision that took place in the 8200 block of River Road early March 31, around 6:15 am. Two vehicles – one travelling east bound and the other westbound - collided almost head on. One driver suffered minor injuries...
Enforcement targets commercial vehicles with suspected defects
File 21-5793 A fully loaded dump truck with a full trailer was pulled off the road in a recent enforcement blitz, after officers found the trailer had absolutely no braking power. In addition, several tires on the truck trailer combo had severe defects, requiring immediate replacements. “Unfortunately all of the brakes on the trailer were completely inoperable,” says Constable Jared...
Troubled youth back on positive path, family credits community policing
Delta Police is focused on ‘community policing’, but it can be hard to explain what that really means. For one Delta family and their troubled son, community policing meant a prolonged effort between police and other agencies, to convince the youth that he was worth fighting for. We recently received a letter from the youth’s father, which eloquently described the...
Police advised on indecent act in North Delta Community Park
File 20-5477 On Thursday, March 11, at approximately 7:15 a.m., a woman walking in the 11300-block 84th Ave, near the parking lot of the North Delta Community Park observed a male touching himself inappropriately. The suspect is described as a South Asian male, between the ages of 20-30, tall, with a slim build, dark hair and facial hair. The man...
Police advise leaving replica guns at home
Files 21-4736 and 21-4763 Two recent calls to Delta Police highlight the risks of walking in public or driving with replica guns. In the first instance, police received a call when a member of the public reported a male shooting what he suspected was a BB gun in the playground of a North Delta elementary school, just before 6 pm...
Arrest made in theft of wheelchair hoist
File 20-29462 It was a crime which received significant attention in late 2020. On December 15, after gaining access to an underground parkade with an allegedly stolen key fob, thieves made off with a custom-made wheelchair hoist. Owners of several other vehicles in the parkade, on River Road in Delta, also reported thefts from their vehicles on the same date...