VPD officer Kal Dosanjh charged with theft and fraud after 2.5-year probe

Veteran Vancouver officer Kalwinder Dosanjh, known for his youth charity, faces theft, fraud and breach of trust charges after a lengthy undercover investigation.

Vancouver officer charged with fraud ran youth charity reaching 100,000 kids

A veteran Vancouver Police Department officer with a high public profile has been charged with theft, fraud and breach of trust, Vancouver Sun Crime reports. Kalwinder (Kal) Dosanjh, 50, had spent more than two decades on the force and was widely recognized for his Kids Play Youth Foundation, which offered free programs to youth across Canada, Colombia and India.

Dosanjh started his policing career in 2000, working in uniform patrol, as a detective, and through postings in the traffic section, the domestic violence unit and the financial crime unit. His most recent role was as a motorcycle officer in the traffic section. He was also among the officers featured in the reality television series The Beat, which aired between 2010 and 2012 and documented police work on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

The Kids Play Youth Foundation, which Dosanjh founded after witnessing the impact of drugs on young people in the Downtown Eastside, raised more than $1.6 million over the past five years through donations and government grants, according to annual reports filed with the Canada Revenue Agency. Just under $560,000 of that total went to expenses including compensation, office supplies and travel. The last report on file covers the period ending May 31, 2025.

In a 2023 TEDx talk, Dosanjh said more than 100,000 children had passed through the foundation's programs at no cost. "I realized we need to do something different, something better to help these kids," he told the audience. As recently as two days before his arrest, he posted on LinkedIn that the foundation had completed a successful season of free summer camps serving hundreds of kids and families across the Fraser Valley. By Friday, the foundation's website — which had still been accessible Thursday — had been taken offline.

Vancouver Police confirmed Friday that search warrants had been executed at the charity's address. The force also disclosed that an undercover investigation of Dosanjh had been running for two and a half years.

"This officer had a profile in the community and internally, and officers are angry and disappointed," Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said.

Dosanjh has been suspended with pay. The force has applied to the Vancouver Police Board to suspend his pay, a process that takes approximately 30 days.

Also charged with fraud and theft is Sarabjit Gill, a co-accused linked to Dosanjh through West Point Pacific Construction (64th Ave) Ltd., a company of which Dosanjh had been president since its incorporation in 2018. That company was dissolved on June 29, 2026, for failure to file required reports.

Vancouver Police noted that officers seeking secondary employment must obtain approval from the chief constable through a formal process.

Dosanjh's wife, Sandy Dosanjh, spoke to Omni News outside the couple's Surrey home on Thursday and maintained her husband's innocence. "We haven't committed any crime. I and Kal, we've been serving this community over 10 years now at our own time," she said.

On Thursday, she also suggested the investigation may be connected to her political activity, stating she believed there were "people who doesn't want to disclose what's going on behind the scenes." By Friday, the Conservative Party of Surrey announced that Sandy Dosanjh, who had been campaigning for a seat as city councillor, was no longer a candidate.

Dosanjh's recognition in the community had been extensive. He received more than a dozen awards for his charity and police work, including a Chief Constable's Commendation and, last year, the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his foundation work, according to his LinkedIn profile.

In May of this year, Dosanjh spoke to Postmedia about the killing of a former mentee in a double homicide, saying he had previously warned the young man that the path he was on would end in prison or death. "When you've invested so much emotionally into this kid and you're working hard to keep them on the right track, you see they are achieving success, and it feels like there is a light at the end of the tunnel that they will make it out," Dosanjh said at the time. "It just hurts."

None of the allegations against Dosanjh have been proven in court.

Source: Vancouver Sun Crime