A community crime prevention office is a place where community members and businesses can meet and work with the police, in a non-crisis environment, to address crime and safety concerns.

 

Activities are organized by a full-time coordinator with an office staff of community volunteers.  Day to day activities include coordination of police crime prevention programs such as Bike Patrol, Foot Patrol, and Speed Watch programs, and participation in community projects such as clean-up campaigns, graffiti paint-outs, public awareness initiatives, and generally helping the public with non-emergency crime-related problems.

 

Police officers use the office to write reports, make telephone calls, and meet with community members.  This office is NOT a precinct or a police substation.

 

Volunteers with the South Vancouver CPC come from all walks of life.  Many of our volunteers are aspiring police officers seeking to gain police related experience, and numerous others are simply doing their best to help make our city a safer and more enjoyable place to live.  To become a volunteer with our organization one must fill out an application form as well as a form granting permission for a criminal background check to be conducted.  These forms are available in the office.  Once these forms have been processed the volunteers are trained by the Vancouver Police Department.

 

The South Vancouver Community Policing Centre is located at 5657 Victoria Drive at E.41st Avenue.

Access is via the parking lot shared by London Drugs and Rogers Video.

The office can be reached by telephone: (604)-717-2940  or by Fax: (604)- 327-2902.

Email: volsvcpc@telus.net