14 Facts About Kash Heed

Kash Heed was born on November 1955 and is a Canadian politician and former police officer.

Since 2022, Heed has been a member of Richmond City Council.

Kash Heed previously served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview from 2009 to 2013.

Kash Heed then served as chief constable of the West Vancouver Police Department from 2007 to 2009, becoming the first Indo-Canadian police chief in Canada.

Kash Heed led the West Vancouver Police Department for 19 months before resigning on February 23,2009.

Kash Heed is a published author who teaches criminology and criminal justice at two BC colleges.

Kash Heed defeated Yiu by 748 votes to become the riding's member of the Legislative Assembly, and was appointed to the BC cabinet as Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General on June 10,2009.

Kash Heed resigned his ministerial post on April 9,2010 in response to an unspecified Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation regarding violations of the Elections Act involving his campaign office, becoming the third consecutive solicitor-general to step down in a 25-month period.

Kash Heed stepped down pending a more detailed probe into the case.

The court revised the overspent amount to $4,000, and Kash Heed was fined $8,000, but was allowed to keep his seat in the legislature and cleared of criminal wrongdoing.

In 2016, Kash Heed started as the morning talk show host for 107.7 Pulse FM, a new English-language radio station based in Surrey; he left the station in February 2017.

Kash Heed announced in August 2022 that he was standing for a seat on the Richmond City Council in that year's municipal elections.

On October 15,2022, Kash Heed was elected to council, taking the last of eight seats.

In February 2024, Kash Heed put forth a motion alongside Councillor Laura Gillanders to consider implementing a supervised consumption site at Richmond Hospital.