Task Force Barrage

• Vancouver police bust criminal network operating out of Downtown Eastside hotel

  Three people have now been arrested, $336,000 in toxic drugs were seized and thousands of dollars in stolen goods recovered following a six-week investigation.

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  Oct 22, 2025
  
• Downtown Eastside to get new police district as Task Force Barrage draws to a close

  The creation of District 5 comes as Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim claimed the city had recorded a 23-year low in violent crime, seven months after the launch of "Task Force Barrage."

  Crime

  Sep 8, 2025
  
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• VPD’s Task Force Barrage will run beyond 6 months and residents say they feel safer

  In the first five months of Barrage, the VPD said it seized 1,145 weapons, made 740 warrant arrests and submitted 492 reports to Crown counsel for potential charges.

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  Aug 5, 2025
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• Downtown Eastside raid nets $2M in cash, drugs, Vancouver police say

  Officers raided a building at 339 East Hastings St. on July 17, where they sized more than 14 kilograms of drugs, along with $141,000 in Canadian and U.S. cash.

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  Jul 24, 2025
• Violence, street crime down in Vancouver’s DTES due to task force, police say

  Task Force Barrage was launched three months ago to target criminals and criminal activity in the Downtown Eastside.

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  May 22, 2025
• Officer set on fire in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, police say

  Vancouver police said it happened as the pair were patrolling the area as part of Task Force Barrage, an initiative to boost police presence in the area.

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  Apr 11, 2025
• ‘I feel safer’: A look at the Downtown Eastside after 6 weeks of ‘Task Force Barrage’

  It's been six weeks since the Vancouver Police Department began flooding the Downtown Eastside with officers as a part of Task Force Barrage. How is the initiative faring?

  Crime

  Mar 27, 2025
• Assaults drop in first month of Downtown Eastside crime crackdown, police say

  The Vancouver Police Department announced Task Force Barrage in mid-February, a three-pronged plan to target organized and violent crime in the neighbourhood.

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  Mar 20, 2025