Reid Hamer-Jackson pointing out some of the damage caused to this auto dealership on West Victoria Street. (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today)

By Victor Kaisar

Break In

RCMP looking for information after break-in at Kamloops Mayor’s West Victoria businesses

Aug 1, 2025 | 5:12 AM

KAMLOOPS – Police are asking people who may have information about a recent break-in at the West Victoria Street auto dealership owned by Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to step forward.

In a news release, RCMP say they were alerted to an “insecure premise” at 260 West Victoria Street around 2:00 p.m. last Thursday (July 24). They say they arrived to find significant damage caused to the inside of Tru Market Auto after it had been broken into.

According to the RCMP, the break and enter is believed to have occurred sometime between July 21 and July 24.

“The investigation is ongoing and police are canvassing for witnesses and surveillance,” Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Kelly Butler said in a statement.

Speaking to CFJC Today, Hamer-Jackson said as far as he can tell, nothing of note was stolen in the “smash and smash,” adding he isn’t sure what the motivation for the break-in was.

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“Typically they will come and steal something,” Hamer-Jackson said. “They’ve stolen trucks, broke in and stolen vehicles and that thing. But this is a different level, this is unusual.”

Hamer-Jackson also said he thinks the incident was an escalation of pre-existing issues in the city. He also repeated his call for an audit of social agencies in Kamloops.

“Our RCMP are doing great job, but we continue to allow this to happen,” he added. “We continue to want to support, and sure you need harm reduction, but we have 15 or more drug houses. I’m going to be blunt here, they are called harm reduction but they are drug houses, okay, they are legal drug houses and we need to start shifting.”

People with information about the break-in are being asked to call the Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000 and reference file 2025-23895.