FEATURED CRIME
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THEFT of COPPER WIRES
Between September 17, 2024, and March 6, 2025, five significant incidents of copper theft from BC Hydro maintenance holes in Greater Victoria and Colwood areas. The value of the cables and repair is over $170,000.
There are significant public safety risks due to maintenance hole covers removed/not replaced, potential power outages, electrical fires, and work-related risk to Hydro crews repairing stolen cables. Suspects would have to ...
MISSING PERSONS

Emma Fillipoff
Today marks the 12 year anniversary of Emma Fillipoff‘s disappearance. VicPD Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate and follow up on tips from the public.
Advocates and Emma Fillipoff’s family enlisted the expertise of a forensic artist and worked to create an age-progressed composite of the individual known as the “Green Shirt Guy.” This effort, based on decade-old CCTV footage, aims to generate new leads in Emma’s disappearance.
...COLD CASES

Murder of Cheri Smith
Saanich Police are still seeking anyone who might have information to solve the 1990 Murder of 18 year old Cheri Smith.
The badly decomposed body of 18 year-old Cheri Lynn Smith was found dumped in the underbrush of a Saanich regional park. Cheri had been savagely beaten to death and was six months pregnant at the time. Her unknown murderer has never been brought to just...