Cybercrime Directorate (Lower Mainland Constabulary)

The Cybercrime Directorate (CCD) is a directorate of the Lower Mainland Constabulary (LMC), the territorial police force of the Lower Mainland, a ceremonial county in the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC). The Cybercrime Directorate is primarily composed of plainclothes detectives who lead investigations, supported by uniformed constables, sergeants and staff sergeants who work a variety of desk roles, as well as civilian support staff composed mainly of IT experts.

Cybercrime's responsibilities are investigating all crimes related to the internet, intranets, and all other digital technology, as well as assisting other directorates with the technological aspect(s) of their investigations. For example, a unit of the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID) investigating ties between senior organised crime figures and supposedly legitimate businesses, ties which typically rely upon covert electronic communications such as the use of VPNs and burner phones, may call upon the CCD to peruse all data and metadata from live cellphones, internet, and electronic hardware seized during the course of an investigation, with the goal of recreating covert illegal communications between criminal parties to track them down and produce relevant evidence post-arrest. Nevertheless, many categories of criminal investigation fall squarely within Cybercrime's jurisdiction, such as online scams as well as other forms of digital fraud, which therefore do not involve other directorates.

The Cybercrime Directorate has its headquarters at Burrard Street Station in Downtown Vancouver, where its offices take up most of the nineteenth floor. Assistant Chief Constable Amanda Lee is the current commanding officer of Cybercrime, and also serves as station chief of Burrard Street Station.