With the increasing presence in British Columbia of home invasion style robberies, the Victoria Police Department has created an awareness presentation, designed to be provided to concerned groups by police officers. The presentation was created with the assistance of, and information from, the Vancouver Police Department, Home Invasion Task Force and British Columbia Television. Other municipalities have had one or two. Vancouver and Burnaby have had 40 since 1995. Vancouver has not had an incident since February of 1999.
Police advise residents to always confirm the identity of the person on the other side of the door.
If the person claims to be a repair person or something similar, check their identification and call their employer. Stay on the line until told to hang up. If you can't talk, we will send a police officer to see what the problem is. Co-operate with the suspects. Your health and safety is the only important thing.