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Ladner’s Kal Malhi draws on his police background for public safety products IAN JACQUES
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Legendary Vancouver disc jockey Red Robinson signs a copy of Red Robinson: The Last Deejay during a stop at Black Bond Books in Ladner Saturday afternoon. Fans stood in a long line that went out the door to meet the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and author Robin Brunet.
A retired Ladner cop continues to combine his passion for public safety with an entrepreneurial bent to create companies that offer products to assist law enforcement efforts. Kal Malhi and his partners will see Patriot One Technologies go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange today. Patriot One is developing a covert concealed weapons detection system. Malhi, a retired RCMP officer, has also been working on developing a roadside breathalyzer to detect marijuana use. Last August, his company Cannabix Technologies signed an agreement with the Yost Research Group at the University of Florida. They are at an advanced stage with research and are preparing a device for testing. “With my background I see technologies that are out there and I also have a keen interest in the financial market, so with the combination of my policing background and understanding what the markets are willing to fund, I am able to research and find technologies that fit those two areas,” Malhi says of his ven-
Kal Malhi tures. “With the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer, that really fell into my background in the drug section and I was able to raise the money in the public market. It’s very similar to this product with Patriot. We see shootings almost on a weekly basis in the U.S. and there are a lot of technologies that can address some of these things, but they just don’t get the funding for the first one or two million dollars.” Patriot One is a partnership with the University of McMaster. The goal is to sell covert concealed weapons detection systems for use at entrances to nightclubs, stadiums, public transportation and public buildings such as courthouses, schools and theatres. TECHNOLOGY: see Page 3
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