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MLA: Hon. Kash Heed Vancouver-Fraserview Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Elected: 2009 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

E-mail: kash.heed.mla@leg.bc.ca
Office: Room 236 Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4		Constituency: 3158 East 54th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5S 1Z1
Phone:	250 356-7717	Phone:	604 775-2246
Fax:	250 356-8270	Fax:	604 775-2422

Kash Heed was appointed Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General on June 10, 2009.

Minister Heed was elected MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview in the 2009 general provincial election.

Kash graduated from the B.C. Police Academy in 1979 and has spent the past 30 years serving the public in law enforcement.

Kash began his career as an officer with the Vancouver Police Department where he moved through the ranks of Constable, Detective, Sergeant, Inspector and Superintendent. During this same time, he completed his BA and MA at Simon Fraser University part-time.

While Superintendent in charge of the south part of Vancouver, and as an Inspector in the southeast quadrant of Vancouver he created the Gang Violence Task Force.

Heed was also head of the drug squad, led the Indo-Canadian gang task force and launched the COMPSTAT system, using computer technology to track crime.

In 2007, Kash was appointed Chief of the West Vancouver Police Department.

Kash lives in Richmond with his wife and new daughter.