Command Team

Following over 28 years of policing experience at Vancouver Police Department, Chief Officer Suzanne Muir joined Transit Police in 2022, overseeing key areas that included the Operations Communications Centre, Explosive Detection Dog Team, Community Engagement Team, Targeted Mobile Enforcement Team, Finance, Human Resources, Recruitment and Training, Facilities and Fleet. Chief Muir also served as a Transit Police representative on the TransLink, CACP and BCACP Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committees.

Chief Muir joined the VPD in 1995, and gained diverse policing experience, having worked with the VPD Strike Force, the General Investigation Unit, Robbery, Assault and Arson Unit, Major Crime Section and Special Investigation Section. In 2015, she was promoted to Inspector and remained as the Officer-In-Charge of the Special Investigation Section, before transferring in 2017 to the Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Relations Section and Victim Services Unit. In 2021, she joined the Operations Division as a District Commander.

Chief Muir is the recipient of nine VPD Commendations, including three Chief Constable Commendations. She holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia and is an inductee into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame.

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Deputy Fincham joined the Vancouver Police Department in 1997 and held a variety of positions, including with the Emergency Response Team, the Major Crime Section, the Public Affairs Unit, the Public Order Unit, the Youth Services Section, the Mental Health Unit, and the General Investigation Section.

Deputy Fincham was seconded to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics as the Commander responsible for security operations during the entire 45,000 km journey of the Olympic Flame. He sits on the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police E-Crimes Committee, and is a Board Alternate at Streetohome. He is an instructor of Critical Incident Command provincially at the Justice Institute of BC, and nationally at the Canadian Police College. Deputy Fincham is an advocate for supporting the victims of crime and their families, and working to reduce suffering for others following traumatic events. 

Deputy Fincham leads the Operations Division in the provision of primary response and crime prevention policing. In addition to Patrol Operations, he oversees Stakeholder Relations and Community Policing, the General Investigation Unit, the Intelligence Unit, the Operations Communication Centre, the Community Safety Officer program, and the Explosive Detection Dog Unit.

Deputy Graham began his career with Transit Police in 2007 as a Recruit Constable where, upon graduation, he received the class Academic Award. From 2007 to 2011 he worked as a Constable in patrol, working throughout the entire transit system. In 2011, Deputy Graham was seconded to the Integrated Gang Task Force (IGTF) where he took part in multiple, multi-jurisdictional investigations involving high level gang related targets.

In 2013, Deputy Graham returned to Transit Police and worked as a detective, conducting complex investigations, before being promoted to Sergeant in 2015. While in this role, he was one of the founding members involved in the creation of our Union, the Transit Police Professional Association (TPPA). While with the TPPA he led all Collective Bargaining processes and was TPPA President from 2017 to 2021. Deputy Graham was also a Director for the British Columbia Police Unions (BCPA).

In 2018 Deputy Graham was promoted to Staff Sergeant and was seconded to the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) where he went on to lead the Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET). In 2022, Deputy Graham was promoted to Inspector, Administrative Services and has recently been Acting Deputy Chief Officer, Administrative Services.

In his role, Deputy Graham oversees Finance, IT, HR, Information Management, Recruitment, Training, Facilities and Fleet.