Mission statement

The Langley RCMP is dedicated to protect and serve the citizens of Langley through the prevention and reduction of crime, in partnership with our community.

A Message from the Officer in Charge, Superintendent Derek Cooke

Welcome to the Langley RCMP website.

The members and staff at Langley Detachment are proud to serve in what we believe is the most beautiful community in the Lower Mainland, and are committed to our role in making this community safer for all of its residents. 

Langley is ideally situated, providing the amenities of a large urban environment while maintaining the ambiance of a small friendly community. The detachment currently enjoys, and will continue to foster, a close working relationship with the City and Township of Langley and their elected officials. These positive relationships, coupled with our supportive community and hundreds of dedicated citizen volunteers, provide the foundation of our successful daily operations.

In order to maintain these relationships we must continue to be accountable to the community. We will endeavour to exceed citizen expectations, providing the highest quality police service to meet the needs of the growing Langleys. With that goal in mind, the detachment works closely with a number of local groups, organizations and committees. We foster direct connections to the community via our five Community Police Offices, allowing us to focus on neighbourhood specific concerns.

When crime issues cross municipal boundaries, Langley Detachment maintains its strong partnership within the larger Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service .  This structure facilitates the coordination of a cooperative framework of all detachments within the Lower Mainland and allows us to take advantage of the operational effectiveness and efficiencies of a number of integrated policing units. We can also call upon resources from the RCMP's provincial and federal policing components (Police Dog Services, Forensic Identification Service, Air One, etc.) whenever they would be of benefit to the community and our policing efforts.

Through the combined efforts of the detachment and our community, Langley has seen a significant reduction in crime over the past several years. These crime reduction efforts have clearly had an impact. We will continue to forge new partnerships and implement innovative strategies to ensure Langley continues to be one of the most desirable communities in which to live.

For contact information see RCMP Langley Detachment Contact Information.

About Inspector Richard Konarski

Inspector Richard Konarski has been a member of the RCMP since 1977. He has had a range of experience in Detachments throughout British Columbia, policing from an isolated four-person Detachment in Port McNeill to the RCMP’s largest municipal Detachment in Surrey. He has worked in a variety of functions including general duty policing, serious crime investigations, and polygraph. He has spent over a decade enhancing the RCMP’s response to domestic violence investigations. He has been the Operations Support Officer with the Langley RCMP since November 2005. He oversees the Serious Crime, Drug, Street Enforcement, Community Policing, Crime Reduction, Client Services, Training, Media, and Victim Services Sections.

Inspector Konarski completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in June 1993 with a major in Criminology and a minor in Psychology. He completed his Master of Arts degree from SFU in February 2003. His Master’s thesis examined the criminal justice response to domestic violence and the phenomenon of recanting victims. In September 2008, Inspector Konarski was accepted into the doctoral program at SFU and he is pursuing his PhD in the topic area of effective domestic violence prosecutions.

About Inspector Amrik Virk 

Inspector Amrik Virk joined the RCMP in 1987 and spent the first 14 years of his service in a number of communities in Alberta.  He served the next 5 years in Surrey and has been in Langley since 2006.  He brings a very wide range of experience to Langley having served in some of the smallest detachments in the RCMP, to the largest.

Prior to joining the RCMP, Inspector Virk received his BA in Economics and History from Simon Fraser University.  He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation and was appointed to the Board of Governors of Kwantlen Polytechnic University in the summer of 2008.  He holds a Black Belt in Karate, is the recipient of the RCMP Long Service Medal, the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal and the Commissioners Commendation for Bravery.

As Officer in Charge of Operations, Inspector Amrik Virk has conduct of overall uniformed policing operations and a host of administrative functions that work behind the scenes to bring quality police services to the City and Township of Langley.

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