# West Shore RCMP — Bi-Annual Report (January 1 to June 30, 2025)

Meeting: Regular Council — October 6, 2025

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Source pages: 18–30

## AI-processed summary

Bi-annual policing report for the West Shore detachment covering operational priorities, file counts, crime and traffic statistics, community engagement and program highlights for the first half of 2025.

## Extracted text

### West Shore RCMP — Bi‑Annual Report (January 1 to June 30, 2025)

Source pages: 18–30

## West Shore RCMP — Bi‑Annual Report (January 1 to June 30, 2025)

### Annual Performance Plan (APP) priorities

Source pages: 18–30

## Annual Performance Plan (APP) priorities

The West Shore RCMP 2025 Annual Performance Plan (APP) emphasizes police efforts in five areas:
- Organized Crime & Drug Trafficking
- Road Safety with a focus on Distracted Driving and Speeding
- Property Crime with a focus on Theft and Shoplifting
- Mental Health Crisis Response
- Youth and Indigenous Community Relations

[Image 1: APP priorities header/visual]

### Summary — First half (Jan 1 to Jun 30), 2025

Source pages: 18–30

## Summary — First half (Jan 1 to Jun 30), 2025

- In the first half of 2025, West Shore RCMP attended 12,886 files vs 12,477 files in 2024, representing an increase of 3.17%.  
[Image 2: Chart showing total files comparison 2025 vs 2024]

### Drug offences (overview)
- Drug offences (summary): 2025 — 1,026; 2024 — 956. Change: ↑7.3%  
[Image 3: Chart: Drug offences 2025 vs 2024]

### Mental health (overview)
- Mental health related files: 2025 — 137; 2024 — 148. Change: ↓7.4%  
[Image 4: Chart: Mental health related files 2025 vs 2024]

### Collisions & traffic (overview)
- Note: One fatal collision occurred on the Trans Canada Highway near 6 Mile Road in View Royal.  
[Image 5: Collisions & traffic offences summary chart]

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### Paid resources and calls for service by community (Jan 1 to Jun 30, 2025)

Source pages: 18–30

## Paid resources and calls for service by community (Jan 1 to Jun 30, 2025)

### 2025 paid resources by community (percentage)
- Langford: 59.72%  
- Colwood: 19.03%  
- View Royal: 11.57%  
- Metchosin: 5.65%  
- Provincial: 4.03%  
[Image 6: Pie chart: 2025 paid resources by community]

### Calls for service by community (Jan to Jun, 2025 percentages / breakdown)
- Langford: 56.57% of paid resources / 7,290 calls for service  
- Colwood: 20.86% of paid resources / 2,688 calls for service  
- View Royal: 12.49% of paid resources / 1,609 calls for service  
- Metchosin: 3.73% of paid resources / 481 calls for service  
- Highlands: 1.32% of paid resources / 170 calls for service  
- Songhees Nation: 3.17% of paid resources / 409 calls for service  
- Esquimalt Nation: 0.24% of paid resources / 31 calls for service  
- Malahat: 0.85% of paid resources  
[Image 7: Map/graphic: Calls for service by community]
[Image 8: Bar chart: Calls for service counts by community]
[Image 9: Pie chart: Calls vs paid resources distribution]
[Image 10: Legend/notes graphic]

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### Langford

Source pages: 18–30

## Langford

- There were 7,290 calls for service in Langford for the first half of 2025, compared to 7,054 in the first half of 2024 (increase of 3.3%).  
[Image 11: Langford header image]

### Collisions & traffic (Langford)
| Type | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | ↓16.7% |
| Collision - Injury | 50 | 60 | ↓3.6% |
| Collision - Non‑Injury | 214 | 222 | ↓15.5% |
| Impaired driving charges | 49 | 58 | ↓4.0% |
| Tickets | 499 | 520 | ↑12.8% |
| Warnings | 282 | 250 | 0% |
[Image 12: Langford collisions chart]

### Drug offences (Langford)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug trafficking | 14 | 14 | 0% |
| Drug possession | 22 | 5 | 0% |
| Cannabis Act | 1 | 1 | ↑77.2% |
| Total drug offences | 37 | 20 | ↑45.9% |
[Image 13: Langford drug offences chart]

### Property crime (Langford)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and enters | 50 | 44 | ↑13.6% |
| Frauds | 157 | 136 | ↑15.4% |
| Shoplifting | 275 | 225 | ↑22.2% |
| Other theft | 90 | 82 | ↑9.8% |
[Image 14: Langford property crime chart]

### Mental health (Langford)
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental health related files | 529 | 571 | ↓6.8% |
| Mental Health Act apprehensions | 80 | 81 | ↓1.2% |
[Image 15: Langford mental health chart]

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### Colwood

Source pages: 18–30

## Colwood

- There were 2,688 calls for service in Colwood for the first half of 2025, compared to 2,577 in the first half of 2024 (increase of 4.4%).  
[Image 16: Colwood header image]

### Collisions & traffic (Colwood)
| Type | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Injury | 25 | 14 | ↑78.6% |
| Collision - Non‑Injury | 80 | 59 | ↑35.6% |
| Impaired driving charges | 19 | 22 | ↑48.4% |
| Tickets | 195 | 285 | ↓13.6% |
| Warnings | 187 | 126 | ↓31.6% |
[Image 17: Colwood collisions chart]

### Drug offences (Colwood)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug trafficking | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Drug possession | 7 | 5 | ↑37.5% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 0 | ↑28.6% |
| Total drug offences | 8 | 5 | ↑100% |
[Image 18: Colwood drug offences chart]

### Mental health (Colwood)
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental health related files | 211 | 167 | ↑24.1% |
| Mental Health Act apprehensions | 28 | 32 | ↓12.5% |
[Image 19: Colwood mental health chart]

### Property crime (Colwood)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and enters | 11 | 13 | ↓20.4% |
| Frauds | 39 | 49 | ↓15.4% |
| Shoplifting | 56 | 31 | ↑80.6% |
| Other theft | 36 | 26 | ↑38.5% |
[Image 20: Colwood property crime chart]

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### View Royal

Source pages: 18–30

## View Royal

- There were 1,609 calls for service in View Royal for the first half of 2025, compared to 1,642 in the first half of 2024 (decrease of 2%).  
- One fatal collision occurred on the Trans Canada Highway near 6 Mile Road in View Royal.  
[Image 21: View Royal header image]

### Collisions & traffic (View Royal)
| Type | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 1 | 0 | ↑10.0% |
| Collision - Injury | 20 | 26 | ↑13.1% |
| Collision - Non‑Injury | 69 | 61 | ↑100% |
| Impaired driving charges | 14 | 21 | ↓33.3% |
| Tickets | 155 | 200 | ↓23.1% |
| Warnings | 88 | 80 | ↓22.5% |
[Image 22: View Royal collisions chart]

### Drug offences (View Royal)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug trafficking | 0 | 2 | ↓100% |
| Drug possession | 6 | 5 | ↓100% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 1 | ↓33.3% |
| Total drug offences | 6 | 8 | ↑16.6% |
[Image 23: View Royal drug offences chart]

### Mental health (View Royal)
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental health related files | 126 | 121 | ↓34.6% |
| Mental Health Act apprehensions | 17 | 26 | ↑5.0% |
[Image 24: View Royal mental health chart]

### Property crime (View Royal)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and enters | 17 | 10 | ↑70.0% |
| Frauds | 40 | 52 | ↑13.0% |
| Shoplifting | 21 | 24 | ↓23.1% |
| Other theft | 26 | 23 | ↓12.5% |
[Image 25: View Royal property crime chart]

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### Metchosin

Source pages: 18–30

## Metchosin

- There were 481 calls for service in Metchosin for the first half of 2025, compared to 433 in the first half of 2024 (increase of 11.1%).  
[Image 26: Metchosin header image]

### Collisions & traffic (Metchosin)
| Type | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Injury | 14 | 15 | ↑10.5% |
| Collision - Non‑Injury | 21 | 19 | ↓36.0% |
| Impaired driving charges | 7 | 8 | ↓17.3% |
| Tickets | 62 | 75 | ↓6.7% |
| Warnings | 32 | 50 | ↓12.5% |
[Image 27: Metchosin collisions chart]

### Drug offences (Metchosin)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug trafficking | 3 | 1 | 0% |
| Drug possession | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 0 | ↑200% |
| Total drug offences | 3 | 1 | ↑200% |
[Image 28: Metchosin drug offences chart]

### Mental health (Metchosin)
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental health related files | 28 | 9 | ↑400% |
| Mental Health Act apprehensions | 5 | 1 | ↑220% |
[Image 29: Metchosin mental health chart]

### Property crime (Metchosin)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and enters | 4 | 3 | ↑23.1% |
| Frauds | 16 | 13 | ↑33.3% |
| Shoplifting | 0 | 0 | ↓20.0% |
| Other theft | 4 | 5 | 0% |
[Image 30: Metchosin property crime chart]

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### Highlands

Source pages: 18–30

## Highlands

- There were 170 calls for service in the Highlands for the first half of 2025, compared to 136 in the first half of 2024 (increase of 25%).  
[Image 31: Highlands header image]

### Collisions & traffic (Highlands)
| Type | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Injury | 4 | 2 | ↑100% |
| Collision - Non‑Injury | 10 | 11 | ↑475.0% |
| Impaired driving charges | 0 | 2 | ↑71.4% |
| Tickets | 24 | 14 | ↓100% |
| Warnings | 23 | 4 | ↓9.1% |
[Image 32: Highlands collisions chart]

### Drug offences (Highlands)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug trafficking | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Drug possession | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 0 | ↑100% |
| Total drug offences | 0 | 0 | 0% |
[Image 33: Highlands drug offences chart]

### Mental health (Highlands)
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental health related files | 14 | 1 | 0% |
| Mental Health Act apprehensions | 2 | 5 | ↑180% |
[Image 34: Highlands mental health chart]

### Property crime (Highlands)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and enters | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Frauds | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Shoplifting | 5 | 0 | ↑200% |
| Other theft | 2 | 6 | ↑83.3% |
[Image 35: Highlands property crime chart]

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### Songhees Nation

Source pages: 18–30

## Songhees Nation

- There were 409 calls for service on the Songhees Nation for the first half of 2025, compared to 418 in the first half of 2024 (decrease of 2.2%).  
[Image 36: Songhees Nation header image]

### Collisions & traffic (Songhees Nation)
| Type | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Injury | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Collision - Non‑Injury | 8 | 3 | 0% |
| Impaired driving charges | 1 | 1 | ↑166.7% |
[Image 37: Songhees collisions chart]

### Drug offences (Songhees Nation)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Drug trafficking | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Drug possession | 1 | 0 | ↓100% |
| Cannabis Act | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Total drug offences | 1 | 1 | ↑100% |
[Image 38: Songhees drug offences chart]

### Mental health (Songhees Nation)
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Mental health related files | 94 | 65 | ↑44.6% |
| Mental Health Act apprehensions | 5 | 6 | ↓16.7% |
[Image 39: Songhees mental health chart]

### Property crime (Songhees Nation)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Break and enters | 3 | 5 | ↑100% |
| Frauds | 7 | 9 | ↓22.2% |
| Shoplifting | 0 | 2 | ↓40.0% |
| Other theft | 6 | 3 | ↓100% |
[Image 40: Songhees property crime chart]

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### Esquimalt Nation

Source pages: 18–30

## Esquimalt Nation

- There were 31 calls for service on the Esquimalt Nation in the first half of 2025, compared to 35 in the first half of 2024 (decrease of 11.4%).  
- No drug offences were reported on the Esquimalt Nation for the first half of 2024 or 2025.  
[Image 41: Esquimalt Nation header image]

### Collisions & traffic (Esquimalt Nation)
| Type | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---:|---:|
| Collision - Fatal | 0 | 0 |
| Collision - Injury | 1 | 0 |
| Collision - Non‑Injury | 0 | 0 |
| Impaired driving charges | 1 | 1 |
[Image 42: Esquimalt collisions chart]

### Mental health (Esquimalt Nation)
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---:|---:|
| Mental health related files | 1 | 1 |
| Mental Health Act apprehensions | 0 | 0 |
[Image 43: Esquimalt mental health chart]

### Property crime (Esquimalt Nation)
| Offence | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---:|---:|
| Break and enters | 1 | 1 |
| Frauds | 1 | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 0 | 0 |
| Other theft | 0 | 0 |
[Image 44: Esquimalt property crime chart]

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### Community & Youth Engagement

Source pages: 18–30

## Community & Youth Engagement

### School engagement and CIPU activity
- In the first half of 2025, members of the Community and Indigenous Policing Unit (CIPU) attended schools in the West Shore 242 times.
  - 30 were calls for service or offences occurring at schools.
  - The other 212 attendances were for school liaison officer visits, student engagement, events, and other activities.
- In the first half of 2024, members of CIPU attended schools in the West Shore 128 times.
  - 20 of those attendances were calls for service or offences occurring at schools.
  - The other 108 attendances were for school liaison officer visits, student engagement, events, and other activities.
- In the first half of 2025, the West Shore RCMP traffic unit conducted 309 school zone patrols.
- As the school year ends, CIPU officers continue to be in the community, engaging with youth throughout the West Shore.  
[Image 45: Photo: CIPU officer engaging with students]
[Image 46: Photo: School zone patrol / traffic enforcement]

### Restorative Justice
- In the first half of 2025, 24 individuals completed the Restorative Justice program.
  - Of the 24 individuals, 6 of them were youth. 5 of the youth committed Theft & Shoplifting offences, while one was a non‑criminal offence that required intervention.
  - They were all successfully diverted from the judicial system by participating in community justice forums in which the accused took ownership for their actions and agreed to reparations and/or volunteer community service hours.  
[Image 47: Restorative Justice program photo]

### 2025 Highlights (community engagement & outreach)
- West Shore RCMP Officers & Municipal Staff Raised over $4,700 for Special Olympics BC at the 2025 Polar Plunge.  
  [Image 48: Polar Plunge event photo]
- West Shore RCMP Officers Delivered Chocolates & Roses for Valentines Day to Seniors.  
  [Image 49: Valentines Day delivery photo]
- West Shore RCMP Officers Engage with Youth in Schools through many types of activities – including friendly lunchtime sports battles.  
  [Image 50: Officers with students during lunchtime activity]
- West Shore RCMP Officers attended & participated in the 2025 Sarah Beckett Memorial Run.  
  [Image 51: Sarah Beckett Memorial Run photo]
- West Shore RCMP Hosted a Public Town Hall Open to All Community Members.  
  [Image 52: Town Hall event photo]
- West Shore RCMP Hosted the Annual ‘Mountie Cup’ Senior Girls Basketball Tournament.  
  [Image 53: Mountie Cup tournament photo]
- West Shore RCMP Officers spoke to over 1,000 Elementary Students at the Fire & Safety Expo in Metchosin.  
  [Image 54: Fire & Safety Expo photo]
- West Shore RCMP Hosted the 2nd Annual ‘Barn Dance’ in Support of Cops for Cancer – Raising over $7,000 for Childhood Cancer.
- West Shore RCMP held a Pink Shirt Day Colouring Contest – Over 1,000 Elementary Students Participated.
- West Shore RCMP Bike Unit Teamed up with Bylaw Officers & Park Rangers to Conduct Joint Patrols.
- West Shore RCMP Tl’Ches Spirit Canoe Program has welcomed 19 different Groups in the first half of 2025.
- West Shore RCMP Traffic Unit held radar training for Frontline Officers.

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### Notable Investigations

Source pages: 18–30

## Notable Investigations

[Image 51: Banner/graphic: Notable Investigations]