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The series consists of three record books from Ashcroft police lock-up, 1901-1910.

This series consists of crime reports and subject files related to the “C” division of the Provincial Police Department primarily from 1931-1950. The records may have been created by the Ashcroft office of the Yale District within the larger “C” division, as the majority of the records relate to the Ashcroft area. There are also some records that relate to locations in the Kamloops, Lillooet and Vernon Police Districts.

The majority of the records are reports recording details particular crimes reported to police. These records may be arranged alphabetically by the correspondent, under the name of the related legislation (ex. Juvenile Delinquents Act, Motor Vehicle Act, Indian Act, etc.), or by the type of crime (ex. Theft, murder, fraud, etc.). Other types of records include administrative files, personnel files, correspondence files, court records, crime statistics, evidence such as photographs and other subject files.

Indexes to crime reports for the years 1932 and 1945-1947 are located in container 913432-0890.

The series consists of correspondence sent to Sgt. J. Hooker of the Ashcroft detachment of the BC Provincial Police. The series also consists of copies of Sgt. Hooker’s outward correspondence. The correspondence dates from October and November 1943 and concerns the movements of individual Japanese Canadians across the province. The correspondence also includes travel permits for specific individuals detailing their registration number, their place of departure and arrival, the means by which they were to travel and the purpose of their trip. Correspondence was sent by both the RCMP and the British Columbia Security Commission. The series documents the travel of registered Japanese Canadians for both personal and work purposes.

The records are housed in their original folder, which is entitled 93A Japanese Permits. No custodial history or provenance is available for the records, and the folder was in a box that had been accessioned as “miscellaneous court records.”

The series consists of daily record books created between February and 1930 and June 1933 by the British Columbia Provincial Police stationed at Ashcroft. There are four volumes and the contents include complaints, details of patrols, investigations, arrests and other duties carried out by the Provincial Police at Ashcroft.