Reception of Vancouver, B.C. Police in Portland, Oregon, 1920 Panoramic view showing a group portrait, two automobiles covered with plants and flowers, the Vancouver Police Department Pipe Band, the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, RCMP on horseback and a street car in the background. From the VPD Pipe Band Website: "In 1920 the [VPD] Band was invited to Portland, Oregon to play for the famed RCMP Musical Ride. It was during this visit that one of the Bandsmen apprehended a hold-up suspect in an armed robbery of a downtown bank. The suspect was later tried and convicted of the crime. As a result of this action, the Bandsman was made an Honourary Member of the Portland Police Department. The bandsman mentioned was Side Drummer Allan Hoare who later served with distinction in the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War. Following the War, he returned to the Vancouver Police and was later wounded in a gunfight in 1947 in the Flats of the East End, when two officers, Ledingham and Boyes, were shot and killed." VANCOUVER ARCHIVES ITEM DETAILS PAGES ATTACHED