Welcome to Jewellers Vigilance Canada
Crime Web Site
Jewellers Vigilance Canada Inc. ( JVC ) is a non-profit association to advance ethical practices and loss prevention within the jewellery industry. JVC works in full partnership with the RCMP and other law enforcement agencies.
JVC would like to acknowledge our partnership with JewelersMutual (JM ) . JM is committed to help jewellers reduce their risk of loss and thereby protect people and protect assets. The banners below link directly to the Jewlers Mutual web site and to the new on-line security training course now available through the auspices of JVC.
JVC would like to acknowledge our partnership with Canada 's federal police force- the RCMP . Since 1996 JVC and the RCMP have worked together in partnership with a common goal of crime prevention.
Jewellers Vigilance Canada ( JVC ) would like to acknowledge Jewelers' Security Alliance (JSA) for their generous contribution of support, guidance and the laying of a foundation for our Crime Prevention Program.
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ROBBERY-ARMED–VAUGHAN, ONTARIO JAN 2010
On Friday, January 29 th 2010 at approximately 12:30pm, three subjects, one armed with a rifle, entered a retail jewellery store located at 800 Steeles Avenue West . They confronted the store owner. The armed subject assaulted the victim, as the other two subjects smashed display cabinets and took an unknown quantity of jewellery. The subjects made a successful escape through the parking lot to a waiting small dark vehicle driven by a fourth subject. The victim received minor injuries and was transported to hospital where he was treated and released.
DISTRACTIONS THEFTS, ALBERTA – SEPTEMBER, 2009 (Warrants have been issued for the two subjects responsible for this incident.)
On Tuesday, September 8th 2009 at 11:30am two subjects, a male and a female entered a retail jewellery store located in the Sherwood Park Mall, Alberta.