Candidate for Vancouver City Council.
Arezo Zarrabian, ballot number 126 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Public-safety evidence and business concerns.
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This record covers Arezo Zarrabian's career at the Vancouver Police Department as described by the ABC campaign and by news reports, the 2022 council run for the NPA and its result, and the positions published for the 2026 campaign.
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Arezo Zarrabian appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 126. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The page says Zarrabian has worked as an analyst at the Vancouver Police Department for more than 19 years. The page says Zarrabian received three Chief Citations and one Chief Commendation from the Vancouver Police Department. The page says the candidate studied Criminology and Political Science at Simon Fraser University before joining the police department.
Daily Hive describes Zarrabian as a crime and data analyst who has worked at the Vancouver Police Department for close to 20 years. The ABC campaign page puts the figure at over 19 years as a senior crime analyst.
The ABC campaign page says Zarrabian studied Criminology and Political Science at Simon Fraser University and completed an internship with a United States congressional committee on homeland security in Washington DC. Daily Hive reported the same education and Washington work in 2022.
The ABC campaign page says Zarrabian has received three Chief Citations and one Chief Commendation from the Vancouver Police Department.
Zarrabian stood for Vancouver city council in 2022 as a Non-Partisan Association candidate and received 10,361 votes, 6.04 percent, without winning a seat.
Daily Hive reports that Zarrabian was not an ABC supporter at first and joined the party because of Mayor Ken Sim's focus on public safety.
Zarrabian appears on the 2026 ballot as council candidate number 126 for ABC Vancouver.
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Daily Hive reports that Zarrabian's campaign priorities centre on safety and affordability, while supporting families and businesses.
The ABC campaign page says Zarrabian works with Business Improvement Associations and speaks for small business owners on rising vandalism, assaults, and violent shoplifting.
ABC Vancouver's platform promises a zero percent property tax increase in 2027, an end to residential parking permit fees, and removal of paid parking at beaches and community centres.
ABC Vancouver's platform proposes to ban the use of hard drugs in public spaces and to establish at least 100 involuntary care beds in Vancouver.
In the 2022 candidate profile, Zarrabian listed increasing housing supply by reducing regulatory delays and speeding up permit approvals as a priority, along with strengthening core services while keeping taxes and spending down.
The page says Zarrabian works with Business Improvement Associations and speaks up for owners of small businesses.
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Kenneth Chan reports the addition of Zarrabian, Joyce Gillespie, Lorraine Lowe and David Grewal to the ABC council slate, and describes Zarrabian's police analyst career and the reason given for joining ABC.
Kenneth Chan reports the NPA's 2022 slate. Zarrabian is named as one of three council candidates with law enforcement backgrounds, with criminology study at Simon Fraser University and work for a United States congressional committee on homeland security.
Kenneth Chan's ballot order list. Zarrabian appears as council candidate number 126 for ABC Vancouver.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
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The Tyee · September 18, 2026
The BARCODE initiative, the three Chief Citations and the Chief Commendation are described only on the ABC campaign page. A Retail Council of Canada podcast page, a Business in Vancouver report on a police retail crime forum, and a 2024 police conference speaker page all returned HTTP 403 and could not be opened, so none of them is cited. Exact start and end dates for the police department role were not found, so the period is given as approximate. No interview, speech, or accountability record was found for the 2026 campaign. Family details were left out of this record.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 1 stated position and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently.
Checks still to do: Confirm employment status and independently check cited project outcomes or crime trends.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
The ABC campaign page says the work covers crime data analytics and finding crime patterns that need data-driven solutions, across several Vancouver neighbourhoods. Daily Hive describes the same role and length of service.
Arezo Zarrabian candidate pageThe ABC campaign page says Zarrabian was the sole analyst on an 18-month initiative called BARCODE that targeted organized retail crime in Vancouver, and that the work fed into provincial measures and the creation of a Retail Crime Task Force. This account comes from the campaign and was not confirmed against a police or provincial record.
Arezo Zarrabian candidate pageDaily Hive reported in May 2022 that Zarrabian was one of three NPA council candidates with law enforcement backgrounds. The candidate profile filed for that election set out priorities on public safety, housing supply, and core city services.
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