Vancouver police say cruiser that hit Burnaby building had been stolen

Mar 11, 2016 | 9:37 AM

BURNABY, B.C. — Vancouver police says one of its cruisers that hit a building in Burnaby early Friday morning was stolen.

Police say the marked police car was stolen at about 1:30 a.m. on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Police say in a news released that two officers had jumped out of the cruiser to chase a suspect and when they returned minutes later a woman had allegedly bypassed the car’s immobilizer and driven away.

GPS was used to track the vehicle to a busy Burnaby intersection where it was found against the side of a building.