- Kash Heed
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name = Chief Constable Kash Heed
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parents =Kash Heed is a Canadian police officer, the Chief Constable of West Vancouver and a former Superintendent with the Vancouver Police Department. He is the first Indo-Canadian police chief in Canada.
Heed graduated from the B.C. Police Academy in 1979 and began his career as an officer with the VPD where he moved through the ranks of Constable, Detective, Sergeant, Inspector and Superintendent. In June 2007 he lost out to Deputy Chief Jim Chu for the position of VPD's Chief Constable but days later was appointed to that title in West Vancouver.
He was the Superintendent in charge of the south part of Vancouver, and as an Inspector was commander of District 3, which corresponds to the southeast quadrant of Vancouver.
Other roles in his career with the VPD have included heading the drug squad and Indo-Canadian gang task force, as well as implementing the department's COMPSTAT information-technology system.
He is a published author who also teaches criminology and criminal justice at two B.C. colleges. He pioneered initiatives aimed at crime reduction and prevention as well as greater community and police engagement. He led the Indo-Canadian Task Force and inspired the formation of grassroots organizations dedicated to preventing gang violence.
External links
* [http://www.straight.com/article-84650/indo-canadian-editor-promotes-kash-heed Indo-canadian editor promotes Kash Heed] by Carlito Pablo, "Georgia Straight", April 12, 2007 (retrieved July 22, 2007)
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/03/08/bc-gangs.html Vancouver police target gang violence] "CBC.ca News" Thursday, March 8, 2007 (retrieved July 22, 2007)References
* [http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/story.html?id=ebac9f93-d670-40d9-b15b-4ee38fb1dc4c&k=65396 Heed heads west, makes history] by Mike Howell, "Vancouver Courier", Friday, July 13, 2007 (retrieved July 22, 2007)
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/06/27/bc-heed.html West Vancouver's new police chief 'an innovator'] " CBC.ca News", Wednesday, June 27, 2007 (retrieved July 22, 2007)
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