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VPD Issues Public Warning as High-Risk Offender Randall Hopley Released to Live in Vancouver

A recalculated statutory-release date required his return to the community under supervision.

Overview

  • He is subject to conditions including no contact with children under 16 or places they gather, a 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, no pornography, no unsupervised internet-capable devices, and residence at an approved facility.
  • VPD’s High Risk Offender Unit and Correctional Service Canada will monitor him, and police ask the public to call 911 if they observe any breaches.
  • Police describe the 60-year-old as a high risk to the public and likely to violate his conditions.
  • His recent history includes leaving a Vancouver halfway house hours after a May 22, 2025 release and removing an ankle monitor before a 10-day absence in November 2023.
  • Hopley’s convictions include the 2011 abduction of a three-year-old in Sparwood, B.C., and a 1985 sexual assault of a child.