It is the oldest municipal police department in Canada west of the Great Lakes, the first Canadian law enforcement agency to deploy tasers and VicPD created the first digital forensic unit in the country.

On July 8, 1858, Vancouver Island Governor James Douglas appointed Augustus Pemberton as commissioner of police for the then-British colony.

The Governor had enlisted ten Jamaican men from San Francisco to form a police force.

The VicPD and their associated Victoria Police Historical Society placed a memorial cairn at their headquarters on Caledonia Avenue inscribing all five names.

The 150 years of policing artifacts from the early days of British Columbia to recent times were moved into storage.

The VicPD Hall of Honour, which celebrates the accomplishments of both sworn and civilian staff was created in its place.