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Where to contact about Quality of Life related issues

In City of Vancouver, following services are available. In other municipalities, please check with your local municipal website.

Quality of Life related complaints/reports:
Also visit http://vancouver.ca/residents.htm for city of Vancouver information for residents, and
Vancouver Police Webpage for further and more complete information.

Problems involving graffiti, garbage, unsafe street conditions and municipal code violations should be reported to the local city department holding responsibility.

Call 3-1-1 ( 7am till 10pm) City of Vancouver Contact Centre
Residents and businesses of Vancouver can call 311 from landlines and cell phones within city limits for information and services, including: service needs such as traffic signal repairs, information requests regarding traffic / parking issues, concerns regarding parking tickets, noise, graffiti, etc.

City Maintenance
For any city numbers not listed here, call the City of Vancouver Call Center at (604) 873-7011.

Streets, Sidewalks, Curbs, Missing or Damaged Signs, Street Lights and Traffic Signals
Call Street Operations at (604) 871-6200 to report.

Water Mains / Water Quality
Call (604) 326-4800 for water main issues or dirty water. For questions regarding the quality of your water, you can also contact Vancouver Coastal Health at (604) 675-3800.

Hazardous Debris
Email stopdumping@vancouver.ca or call (604) 871-6544 for: abandoned garbage in lanes or on streets, couches and mattresses on city property, garbage containers (dumpsters) overflowing in city lanes, for recycling and yard waste - (604) 326-4600, rotting garbage on private property (posing a health concern) - call the Vancouver Coastal Health at (604) 675-3800. For recycling and yard waste, call (604) 326-4600. For rotting garbage on private property posing a health concern, call Vancouver Coastal Health at (604) 675-3800.

Abandoned Vehicles
Call Parking Enforcement at (604) 257-8709.

Animals
Call the Vancouver Pound at (604) 871-6888 to report incidents involving animals that threaten public health and safety (bites, vicious animals, strays). Contact 1-800-663-9453 to report any aggressive wildlife and coyotes.

Building Maintenance Standards Violations
To report any of these violations of the City's Standards of Maintenance regulations, contact City Hall at (604) 873-7398, and leave a message for the Property Use Inspector in your area. Some of the examples of violation include: poor condition of retaining walls and fences, overgrowth of weeds, brush or trees on private property, land not kept clean and free of rubbish, debris, objects or materials, illegal uses of residential property

Other By-Law Issues
For the entire listing of By-Laws, please visit www.vancouver.ca/bylaw_wa
- Traffic 604-873-7216
- Noise 604-873-7753
- Untidy premise 604-873-7563
- Panhandling 604-873-7276
- Parking Enforcement 604-873-257-8727


Child Sexual Predator

CHILD SEXUAL PREDATOR - PROJECT SCOURGE

As most of you are now aware, the Vancouver Police, Surrey RCMP and Delta Police are currently investigating three separate incidents where young girls have been sexually assaulted at knifepoint. For details on incident summary, timeline, victim, weapons, scene photos, suspect description and composite, offender profile, transportation, DNA, and updates please go to...

http://www.vpdcoldfiles.ca/serial-child-sex-predator/
Mark Jarvie & Steve Dhaliwal, Neighbourhood Police Officers
South Vancouver Community Policing Centre
5657 Victoria Drive
Vancouver, B.C.
V5P 3W2
604-717-2940


Neighbourhood Crime Alert Service Launched!

From the desk of our Neighbourhood Police Officers:

The VPD has just released a new program - "Neighbourhood Crime Alert Service." The opt in service sends out an "E-mail Alert" on crime in your neighbourhood. In addition, crucial crime prevention information will be sent to your email account, including "thermal imaging" of actual crime reported to the Vancouver Police Department.

Registration is free; no personal information other than your email address is required. Read the Frequently Asked Questions for details. To signup go to http://www.vpdcrimealerts.ca/.

Sign-up, get informed and make a difference.

Mark Jarvie & Steve Dhaliwal, Neighbourhood Police Officers
South Vancouver Community Policing Centre
5657 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V5P 3W2
Tel. 604-717-2940
 


Modified Office Hours in February

During the month of February, our neighbourhood police officers, quite a few volunteers are assisting at Vancouver Police Reporting Stations in downtown area. Because of this shortage of manpower, our operation hours will be modified as the following:

On February 4th, 2010 (Thursday) till March 6th, 2010 (Saturday) our office hours will be:

9am - 1pm (Monday through Saturday)

On March 8th, 2010 (Monday) we resume to our regular office hours.

Thank you
SVCPC



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