Image: Derrick Kramer, used with permission / Police have surrounded a trailer on Chilliwack Lake Road Sunday afternoon.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Police presence

UPDATE: Police presence on Chilliwack Lake Road Sunday involved mental health calls, threats to harm

Oct 19, 2025 | 4:06 PM

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment in Chilliwack says Sunday’s incident on Chilliwack Lake Road involved a mental health call where a subject was threatening harm with a firearm – and a second similar incident unfolded around the same time.

Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Alexandra Mulvihill says the Emergency Response Team and a crisis negotiator attended the scene, which was brought to a conclusion with no injuries sustained to the public or police personnel.

“While the initial call was being handled, there was a second mental health call in the area where the subject was threatening harm with a weapon. This incident was also brought to conclusion with no injuries to public or police personnel. Both subjects were taken to hospital and left in the care of medical staff,” Sgt. Mulvihill said.

Original story below: 

CHILLIWACK — Multiple police and/or Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team members have flooded the Chilliwack River Valley Sunday afternoon due to an unfolding police incident.

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According to pictures and video sent to Fraser Valley Today by Chilliwack River Valley resident Derrick Kramer, police have surrounded a trailer on Chilliwack Lake Road.

East of the 61000 block of Chilliwack Lake Road, police have the road blocked at the forest service road; police have the road blocked west of where the trailer is located.

A police dog is present as well to assist with the unfolding incident.

Image: Derrick Kramer

Kramer tells Fraser Valley Today that police have their guns down by their sides near a trailer parked perpendicular to Chilliwack Lake Road.

At least 10 police vehicles are present, possibly upwards of a dozen.

Image: Derrick Kramer

Video from the scene indicates police have asked a person, or persons, to exit the trailer.

“…[W]e need you to help us with this. We need you to come out, please,” audio from the scene reveals. “Just open the blinds so that we can see you’re okay.”

Chilliwack resident Ross Aikenhead tells Fraser Valley Today he believes the trailer involved in the situation is a squatters camp.

Police have blocked Chilliwack Lake Road in both directions west and east of the trailer.

Image: Derrick Kramer/ Police have blocked Chilliwack Lake Forest Service Road Sunday afternoon.

While police have not provided or confirmed any details about the incident, Kramer says police may be looking for a second person farther up Chilliwack Lake FSR.

Kramer also told Fraser Valley Today that he witnessed an RCMP helicopter flying in the vicinity of the police incident.

Kramer says the trailer pictured in this incident has been sitting there for an estimated 5-6 months.

Fraser Valley Today has contacted the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment seeking further information on the incident.