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After years of experience leading Recruiting, Patrol and Training Units, Sergeant Sean Lightburn stepped into the Community Engagement Team leadership position in January 2026. Throughout his career, Sgt. Lightburn has focused on community policing and engaging the region's diverse communities. As a member of the Critical Incident Stress Management team, Sergeant Lightburn understands the value of mental heath support and wellbeing for both officers and the community. Thanks to his background in peer support, use of force instruction, complex investigations, police and civilian recruitment, and community outreach, Sgt. Lightburn brings well-rounded experience and progressive ideas to the team. Sgt. Lightburn credits growing up overseas and graduating from an International School for the curiosity and appreciation he brings to understanding different cultures and ways of life.
In addition to building relationships with Indigenous communities, Constable Hanif provides training for Transit Police officers and direction for our department on Indigenous issues.
Constables Ben Hayward and Ronnie Randhawa are lead on all initiatives related to mental health within the community that we serve. The Mental Health Liaison role is vital to ensure that vulnerable people with significant mental health challenges are able to use the transit system safely.
Cst. Hayward and Cst. Randhawa offers support and mentoring to Transit Police officers, to ensure they have the skills and resources to provide effective help. They manages files where there are repeated calls to police regarding the same individual, and creates solution-oriented policing strategies by working together with a variety of healthcare and community outreach partners to assist those people at their point of need.
Constable Rylan Armstrong uses tactics such as enforcement, intervention, education, and collaboration with the community and policing partners to help keep youth on and around the transit system safe. He engages with young people to build trust and positive relationships between youth and police to empower them to play a role in their own safety and to lead those at risk to a path away from criminal behaviour. Cst. Armstrong draws on his prior experience as a Deputy Sheriff at Robson Square Youth Court, where he collaborated with partners in the youth justice system when working with high-risk young offenders.
Reginald Smith draws on his heritage, and many his many years of mentorship and public education, to create a meaningful experience for youth through the Blue Eagle Community Cadets program.
Volunteer Coordinator Mike Vuong oversees the Community Policing Centre Program, and the dozens of volunteers who make it possible.
Meet our Neighbourhood Police Officers Cst Alfred Wong, Cst Peter Kwok, Cst Drew Van Walleghem and Cst Sunny Kainth. In order to best serve the needs of various geographic area of Metro Vancouver and the TransLink transit system service area, we have four Neighbourhood Police Officers who serve the region, which is split into six Community Service Areas (CSA). Each CSA has its own unique communities and transit safety needs.
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