[2][3] After graduating from high school, he went on to Kwantlen College to study criminology with hopes of becoming a criminal lawyer.
Over 150,000 people signed petitions to retain the traditional RCMP dress code, and sympathetic legislators presented the results to Parliament.
On March 16, 1990, the federal Solicitor General, Pierre Cadieux, announced in the House of Commons that the policy was theretofore amended to permit Sikhs to wear the turban while on active duty in the RCMP.
Dhillon subsequently entered the RCMP Academy, Depot Division, in Regina, Saskatchewan, as the first turbaned cadet.
[7][8][9] In 2024, Dhillon was nominated as a BC NDP candidate for the 2024 British Columbia general election, running in the Surrey-Serpentine River riding.