Editing Kash Heed

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'''Kash P. Heed''' (Kashmir Singh Heer) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canadian] politician, who was elected as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Liberal BC Liberal] Member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Columbia Legislative Assembly of British Columbia] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_2009 2009 provincial election], representing the riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Fraserview].

He formerly served as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Council_of_British_Columbia Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General]. He was formerly chief constable of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Vancouver_Police_Department West Vancouver Police Department] and a former superintendent with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Police_Department Vancouver Police Department] and was the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Canadian Indo-Canadian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/police_chief police chief] in Canada.

Heed graduated from the B.C. Police Academy in 1979 and began his career as an officer with the VPD.  In June 2007 he lost out to Deputy Chief [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Chu Jim Chu] for the position of Chief Constable of the VPD, but days later was appointed to that title in West Vancouver. He led the West Vancouver Police Department for 19 months and resigned on February 23, 2009.<ref>[http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20090223_181612_5112 http://www.news1130.com/news/local/more.jsp?content=20090223_181612_5112]</ref>

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/information_technology 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.

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