Arrest Made for Shots Fired in Tsawwassen - No Injuries Sustained
On December 29 th , 2022, at approximately 3:25 am, the Delta Police Department responded to reports of shots fired in the 5300 block of 4A Avenue, Tsawwassen. Upon arrival, officers confirmed that shots had been fired into a residence. While the home was occupied, the residents were not harmed. A youth from Surrey, known to the police, has been...
Delta Police Board Raises Concerns About E-Comm Service Levels
On December 6, 2022, on behalf of the Delta Police Chair, Mayor George V. Harvie wrote to Minister Mike Farnworth expressing the Board’s concerns about E-Comm’s inability to provide necessary call-taking services for the Delta Police Department (DPD) in alignment with the established service standards [1] outlined in the contract. The letter notes that there have been consistent and ongoing...
Delta Police Patrol Services Section to Use Body Worn Cameras
In May 2021, the Delta Police Department (DPD) became the first department in BC to deploy Body Worn Cameras (BWCs) operationally, starting with the Interdiction Team and later expanding to the Traffic Section. At its December 14, 2022, meeting, the Delta Police Board approved a pilot for the DPD's frontline Patrol Services Section (Patrol) to deploy BWCs. The pilot is...
Update - Forcible Confinement Investigation
Update to Release Regarding Forcible Confinement Investigation: On December 8 th , 2022, charges were sworn related to this incident. A 38-year-old man, Dustin Engels, has been charged with: 2 counts of forcible confinement; 2 counts of assault; 2 counts of use of an imitation firearm; 2 counts of uttering threats; and 1 count of robbery. A 28-year-old woman, Morgan...
Forcible Confinement Incident Leads to Arrests
On December 7 th , 2022, just before noon, the Delta Police Department was dispatched to the area of Hwy 17 and Ladner Trunk Road for a report of a distraught person. Upon arrival, officers learned that a 21-year-old woman had been assaulted, robbed of her money, and forcibly confined in a U-Haul van. She had escaped from the vehicle...
Charges Sworn Related to Death of 17-Year-Old Maaike Blom
2021-28085 Approximately one year ago, on December 7, 2021, the Delta Police reported that the community of Delta tragically lost one of our youth - 17-year-old Maaike Blom. Maaike had been reported missing by her family on December 5, 2021, and was located deceased on December 7, 2021, at a south Delta residence located in the 2400 Block Falcon Way...
Guns Seized, Charges Sworn Against Surrey Man
On November 24 th , 2022, at 0420 am, a Delta Police Officer pulled over a truck for driving without any lights at 80 th Ave and Scott Road. A second officer attended to assist the first officer. From the second officer’s vantage point, she was able to see a handgun in the truck in plain view. The driver was...
Delta Police Search for Missing North Delta Man
The Delta Police Department is asking for public assistance to help locate a high-risk missing person. (Name Removed) , a 47-year-old man from North Delta, has not been heard from since November 24 th , 2022. (Name Removed) is described as 5’10” tall, 155 pounds, with brown eyes, wavy black hair that is currently dyed blonde and worn in a...
Indecent Act Near High School
On Friday, November 18 th , 2022, the Delta Police Department responded to a report of an indecent act that had occurred earlier in the day near Burnsview Secondary School. At approximately 1137 hours, a witness observed a man masturbating in the wooded area behind the school. Upon being seen masturbating, the male ran away. The suspect is described as...
Three Gang Related Files in 72 Hours in Delta
Delta Police investigators were kept busy with three incidents within a 72-hour period connected to the BC Gang Conflict. Starting on November 3 rd, the Delta Police Department responded to reports of shots fired in the area of 92A Ave and 117 Street in North Delta. Upon arrival, officers located a 22-year-old man from Delta with significant gunshot injuries. The...