Kazocins became a Latvian citizen in 2003. From 2003 to May 2013 Kazocins was director of the Constitution Protection Bureau, Latvia's external intelligence service (in Latvian, "Satversmes aizsardzības birojs"). In 2013 he was awarded Latvia's Cross of Recognition. From June 2013 Kazocins was an adviser to Defense Minister Artis Pabriks on international security and information technology. In December 2013 Kazocins was appointed to lead the Public Commission for the assessment of the tragedy in Zolitūde, but on December 18 resigned from the Commission.