Kash Heed
Kash Heed is a Canadian police officer, currently serving as a superintentant with the Vancouver Police Department. On June 26, 2007, the police board of West Vancouverannounced that it has hired Heed to begin as its new Chief Constable beginning August 2, 2007. Heed had recently lost out to Jim Chu in a bid to head the Vancouver Police Department. He will be the first Indo-Canadian police chief in Canada.
Heed has been an officer in the VPD since 1979. Heed is the superintendant 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.
External Links
- Indo-canadian editor promotes Kash Heed by Carlito Pablo, Georgia Straight, April 12, 2007 (retrieved July 22, 2007)
- Vancouver police target gang violence CBC.ca News Thursday, March 8, 2007 (retrieved July 22, 2007)
References
- Heed heads west, makes history by Mike Howell, Vancouver Courier, Friday, July 13, 2007 (retrieved July 22, 2007)
- West Vancouver's new police chief 'an innovator' CBC.ca News, Wednesday, June 27, 2007 (retrieved July 22, 2007)