Media Room

The program’s one year operation has garnered much media attention from Vancouver’s official Safer Parking Day on February 8th to public awareness initiatives for holiday shoppers.

Print Media

• Parking lot upgrades cited for significant drop in theft, The Vancouver Sun, May 2011
• Most Wonderful Time of Year for Thieves, Vancouver Province, December 16, 2010
• Safe parking plan results in lower crime statistics, The Vancouver Sun, Feb 2009
• Safer parking plan is reducing crime, The Province, Feb 2009
• Parkade crime rate down by a quarter, Metro News, Feb 2009
• Thieves Looking to Play Grinch, The Vancouver Sun, December 2008
• Thefts from Autos on the Rise, The Province, September 2008
• Time for Safer Parking is Now, The Province, August 2008
• Certification program promotes safe parking lots, Business in Vancouver, July 2008
• Top 10 Items Stolen From Vehicles, The Parker, 2nd Quarter 2008
• Theft Crimes in Parking Facilities, The Parker, 2nd Quarter 2008
• Twenty-five parking lots win official seal of approval, The Vancouver Sun, July 2008
• City tries to make parking lots safer, The Vancouver Sun, Feb 2008
• Safe-parking plan saluted, The Province, Feb 2008

Video Clips

• Safer Parking Initiative, VPD and Holiday Parking Safety Tips on Global TV,
  December 16, 2010
• Safer Parking Initiative's 1 Year Anniversary in February 2009, on CBC News
• Safer Parking Initiative's 1 Year Anniversary in February 2009, on Global BC
• Safer Parking Initiative's 1 Year Anniversary in February 2009, on City TV
• Christmas Initiative: Theft-From-Auto Demonstration, Vancouver, B.C., on Global BC
  
• Program Rewards Safe Parking Lots, Vancouver, B.C. on CTV
• 20 New Safer Parking Facilities, Vancouver, B.C. on City TV
• Preferred Parking Facilities, Vancouver, B.C. on CBC News
• Colin Brown, C.O.O. of Canadian Direct Insurance and VPD Const. Jim Campbell Interview, Vancouver, B.C., on Global BC
• Safer Parking Tips, Vancouver B.C., on CTV
• Safer Parking Designation Awarded to Pacific Center Facility, Vancouver, B.C., on CTV
• Safer Parking Initiative Launch, Vancouver, B.C., on Global BC
• Safer Parking Date Announcement by Mayor Sam Sullivan, Vancouver, B.C., on CBC News
• Colin Brown, C.O.O. of Canadian Direct Insurance Interview, Vancouver, B.C., on Global BC
• VPD Const. Jim Campbell and Councillor Kim Capri Interview, Vancouver, B.C., on Global BC
• The Safer Parking Initiative (SPI) Vancouver BC on Global

Media Releases

• Vancouver's Safer Parking Initiative Cuts Vehicle Crime by Nearly Half,
  May 27, 2011
• Thieves are Holiday Shopping Too – Warns VPD and Safer Parking Initiative,
  December 16, 2010
• Safer Parking Initiative Celebrates Success at One Year Anniversary
  Safer Parking Award certified facilities see 25% decrease in crime
• Thieves are Holiday Shopping Too – Warns VPD & Safer Parking Initiative
  Canadian Direct Insurance Tips for Safer Holiday Shopping
• MAJOR EXPANSION OF SAFER PARKING ENHANCES
  VANCOUVER TOURISM THIS SUMMER
  20 new safer parking facilities certified by Vancouver Police;
  Vancouver hotels begin enrolling in program;
  Tourism Vancouver applauds initiative
  
• SAFER PARKING INITIATIVE AND VANCOUVER POLICE
  UNVEIL AWARD-WINNING PARKING LOTS
  Mayor Sam Sullivan proclaims February 8 ‘Safer Parking Day’
• BENTALL RECEIVES THREE SAFER PARKING AWARDS
  DURING ‘LIFE SAFETY MONTH’ OPENING CEREMONY
  Vancouver Police Department certifies
  several of city’s largest parking facilities

Media Contact:

Jennifer Torney
Fleishman-Hillard
(604) 688-2505
jennifer.torney@fleishman.ca