Vehicle control apparatus

A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a brake mechanism, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more storage media storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors,
• wherein the program comprises one or more instructions, and
• wherein the one or more instructions cause the one or more processors to perform a brake control process in which, after a stroke of a predetermined amount or more is made to a brake pedal by a brake booster to apply brake fluid pressure to the brake mechanism to make the brake fluid pressure in a pressurized state in response to input of a predetermined signal corresponding to detection of theft of the vehicle, the stroke of the brake pedal by the brake booster is cancelled while a first valve disposed in a brake fluid pressure circuit is kept at a closed state to keep the pressurized state of the brake fluid pressure applied to the brake mechanism.