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West Precinct

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Precinct Information

Recent staffing reductions have impacted public access and counter service at Vancouver Police Department facilities. The Vancouver Police East has NO counter service. Counter service for the public will only be available at the VPD West Precinct (2800 NE Stapleton Rd) between 9am – 4pm, Monday-Friday. 

Citizens can obtain a variety of information from the Vancouver Police Department website at www.vanpolice.org. The website allows citizens to download the Washington State Vehicle Accident form and even make a low level crime report online. Both of these options are on the home page. Staffing at VPD facilities will remain limited until the budget crisis is resolved so the VPD website is an excellent resource for information.

About West Precinct

The Vancouver Police Department West Precinct is located at 2800 NE Stapleton Road and serves citizens within the city limits west of Andresen. The West Precinct is staffed with patrol squads, Neighborhood Police Officers, VPD Investigative units, the VPD Traffic Unit as well as non-sworn Police Service Technicians.

The West Precinct facility was recently awarded LEED Silver Certification. Click here to learn more.

Community Oriented Policing

In July 2007 the Vancouver Police Department implemented 'Territorial Policing' which divides the Precinct into two Districts which are each led by a Lieutenant. Each District is supervised by a Sergeant and has a Neighborhood Police Officer assigned to it. Within the Districts, Police Officers are assigned individual Beats. This assignment provides them to opportunity to become more familiar with the crime trends, the neighborhoods, the businesses and the citizens living and working in that beat.

Beat jurisdictions are divided on neighborhood association lines so that neighborhood associations are not broken up. Some beats will naturally include more neighborhoods than others but no established associations will be divided into more than one Beat.

The advantage of this type of structure is the increased personal accountability and responsibility by the Commanders who oversee their Precinct, the Lieutenants and Sergeants who are responsible for their individual Districts and the Officers who are responsible for their individual Beats.

Neighborhood Police Officers

Each Precinct now has two Neighborhood Police Officers (NPO), each assigned to a district. The NPO’s are the liaisons to the citizens within their district and are available to meet with neighbors to discuss crime issues, livability issues, attend community meetings and to answer questions about crime trends and prevention. These officers are the main contact person for a citizen within a district to go to when there are crime issues or other concerns that the police department can assist them with. These officers work cross departmentally as well to assist citizens with problem solving strategies as well.

Precinct Staff

• Cmdr. George Delgado
• Lt. Mike Whitney
• Lt. Harry Russell
• Neighborhood Police Officers: (360) 487-7359

           Cpl. Drue Russell

           Cpl. Duane Boynton