RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

    As has been the practise in small Canadian communities, RCMP members have been apart of the official opening of community buildings.           Cpl. Sean Chiddenton of the RCMP “Depot” Communications and Management Services provided the following photograph to Ric Hall. This is a colourized photo appears to be Constables […]

      Another Case Solved on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen!             Recently we reached out to our Veterans to see if they could help identify two members in a photograph taken of then Princess Elizabeth when she visited Canada in 1951 filling in for her ailing father […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a Police Dog Services handler.         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed away, his family has […]

      A new book has just been published and is now available.   The book provides retiring police officers with a resource to assist them in preparing for a fulfilling retirement and a second career.         As police officers approach retirement, they will transition through three stages: 1) thank God […]

        Recently the “E” Sergeant Major, Dave Hall, was examining the contents of a storage room at the Green Timbers HQs that contained the leftovers from the move from the Heather and 34th site in Vancouver.     He discovered a banker’s box of items that once belonged to former RNWMP Sergeant […]

      The details of this webpage was develop and sent to us by Veteran Dan Lemieux.           Up until 1965, every recruit had to learn to ride a horse. The three months spent taking “equitation” was a very rewarding experience. At 6:30 am every day, several troops were detailed […]

      Veteran Ric Hall sent us a wonderful story. Recently an old Riding Crop issued in 1955 was returned to the family of Doug Marshall, Reg # 19043, for the story of how it was found and returned by Staff Sergeant Major Sean Darling of “F” Division please read on.       […]

        Canadian men and women in the Armed Forces and emergency services dedicate their lives to serving the citizens in Canada. In so doing, they make many sacrifices to help others.     When these same dedicated individuals are faced with a medical emergency or family crisis their focus shifts to their […]

      Thinking back to arriving at Peace River S/D (Sub-Divisions remember them?) right out of training, one of the characters, those of us that were there in the mid-1960s, we would remember was the S/D Admin NCO S/Sgt. Howie Shannon (Reg.#14564).       Fairly robust in stature, cigarette dangling from his mouth […]

      London Metropolitan Police veteran Windy Gale sent us this story based on reviewing one of John Stolarki’s Old Newspaper Clipping webpages. An interesting perspective from another police agency regarding police dogs.       In 1967 after returning from Hong Kong I joined the Metropolitan Police in London, England. After my initial […]