Education
Heed graduated from the British Columbia Police Academy in 1979 and began his career as an officer with the VPD.
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Career
He formerly served as the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. He was formerly chief constable of the West Vancouver Police Department and a former superintendent with the Vancouver Police Department and was the first Indo-Canadian police chief in Canada. In June 2007 he lost out to Deputy Chief 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.
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 British Columbia 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.
Heed was appointed to the British Columbia cabinet as Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General on June 10, 2009. His responsibilities under this portfolio included crime prevention, law enforcement, victim services, road safety and emergency preparedness. On April 9, 2010, Heed resigned in response to an unspecified RCMP investigation involving violations of the Elections Acting.
Heed is the third consecutive solicitor-general to step down in the last 25 months.
Fund-raising irregularities subsequently came to light but the Special Prosecutor exonerated Heed of involvement and he came back into cabinet on May 4, 2010. Heed, once again, stepped down pending a more detailed probe into the case.
Politics
Then, less than 24 hours later, the Special Prosecutor himself resigned when it was discovered that the law firm he came from had made financial contributions to the election campaign of Heed"s party, the Liberals.
