RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).         Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has passed away, […]

    I was recently contacted by a member working out of “E” Division Headquarters with regard to a photograph he obtained from the US Border Patrol.           The picture is of a member in Review Order and a US Border Patrol officer, their names are written on the back of […]

      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 […]

      Regardless of the period of time, all RCMP members have one thing in common – their basic training at “Depot” Division.  We have included below a perspective of “Depot” from 1946 and changes thereafter.       During World War II, the strength of the Force had been seriously depleted with many […]

      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 […]

      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 […]

    Veteran Bob Henderson would like the assistance of other Veterans to identify the two RCMP members photographed with three World War II German prisoners-of-war.           Photograph was probably taken in 1946 at Medicine Hat Alberta. The three Germans (left to right): Adolf Kratz, Werner Schwalb and Johannes Wittinger.  They […]

      On Friday June 5, 2015, an anonymous person left a 8×10 glossy picture in an envelope at the front counter of Surrey Detachment for Ric Hall.         According to Ric “it is a great picture, unfortunately, there is no name of who left it and no identity of the member […]

        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 […]

  As a someone who spent a few years as a Drill Instructor at “Depot,” albeit it does seem like a hundred years ago, and having been involved with many parades over the ensuing years and the same goes for many like me, when preparing troops for parade the eyes always do a quick check […]