Two auxillary police officers in Ramsden Park

The Toronto Police Service (TPS), formerly the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is the police force for the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (627x825, 133 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (627x825, 133 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Bill Blair William Sterling (Bill) Blair is the current police chief of Toronto, Ontario. ... For the band, see The Police. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked...

History

Creation to 1859 reforms

The Toronto Police Service, was founded in 1834 when the City of Toronto was first created from the Town of York. (Prior to that, local able bodied male citizens were required to report for night duty as special constables for a fixed number of nights a year on the pain of fine or imprisonment in a system known as "watch and ward.")[1] Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The Toronto Police is one of the English-speaking world’s oldest modern municipal police departments; older than, for example, the legendary New York City Police Department which was formed in 1845 or the Boston Police Department which was established in 1839. The London Metropolitan Police of 1829 is generally recognized as the first modern municipal department. In 1835, Toronto retained five fulltime constables—a ratio of about one officer for every 1,850 citizens. Their daily pay was set at 5 shillings for day duty and 7 shillings, 6 pence, for night duty. In 1837 the constables’ annual pay was fixed at £75 per annum, a lucrative City position when compared to the Mayor’s annual pay of £250 at the time.[2] The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is the largest municipal police force in the world,(the second largest is the London metropolitan police) and has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Current BPD Uniform Patch The Boston Police Department (BPD) has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Metropolitan Police redirects here. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Toronto Constables circa 1880

From 1834 to 1859, the Toronto Police was a corrupt and notoriously political force with its constables loyal to the local aldermen who personally appointed police officers in their own wards for the duration of their incumbency. Toronto constables on numerous occasions suppressed opposition candidate meetings and took sides during bitter sectarian violence between Orange Order and Irish Catholic radical factions in the city. A Provincial Government report in 1841 described the Toronto Police as “formidable engines of oppression.” Although constables were issued uniforms in 1837, one contemporary recalled that the Toronto Police was "without uniformity, except in one respect—they were uniformly slovenly." After an excessive outbreak of street violence involving Toronto Police misconduct, including an episode where constables brawled with Toronto’s firemen in one incident, and stood by doing nothing in another incident while enraged firemen burned down a visiting circus when its clowns jumped a lineup at a local whorehouse, the entire Toronto Police force, along with its Chief, were fired in 1859.[3] Image File history File links Toronto Constables circa 1880 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Toronto Constables circa 1880 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Orange parade in Glasgow (1 June 2003) The Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organisation based predominantly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the Commonwealth and in the United States. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

1859 to 1900

The new force was removed from Toronto City Council jurisdiction (except for the setting of the annual budget and manpower levels) and placed under the control of a provincially mandated Board of Police Commissioners. Under its new Chief, William Stratton Prince, a former infantry captain, standardized training, hiring practices and new strict rules of discipline and professional conduct were introduced. Today's Toronto Police Service directly traces its ethos, constitutional lineage and Police Commission regulatory structure to the 1859 reforms.[4] [5] Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

In the 19th Century the Toronto Police mostly focused on the suppression of rebellion in the city -- particularly during the Fenian threats of 1860 to 1870. The Toronto Police were probably Canada's first security intelligence agency when they established a network of spies and informants throughout Canada West in 1864 to combat US Army recruiting agents attempting to induce British Army soldiers stationed in Canada to desert to serve in the Union Army in the Civil War. The Toronto Police operatives later turned to spying on the activities of the Fenians and filed reports to the Chief from as far as Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago and New York City. When in December 1864, the Canada West secret frontier police was established under Stipendiary Magistrate Gilbert McMicken, some of the Toronto Police agents were reassigned to this new agency. [6] Fenian is a term used since the 1850s for Irish nationalists (who oppose British rule in Ireland). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

In 1863 the Toronto Police were also used as "Indian fighters" during the Manitoulin Island Incident when some fifty natives armed with knives forced the fishery inspector William Gibbard and a fishery operation to withdraw from unceded tribal lands on Lake Huron. Thirteen armed Toronto police officers, along with constables from Barrie, were dispatched to Manitoulin Island to assist the government in retaking the fishery operation, but were forced back when the natives advanced now armed with rifles. The police withdrew but were later reinforced and eventually arrested the entire band but not before William Gibbard was killed by unknown parties. (Sidney L. Harring White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence Toronto: Osgood Society-University of Toronto Press, 1998. pp. 152-153)

In the 1870s, as the Fenian threat began to gradually wane and the Victorian moral reform movement gained momentum, Toronto police primarily functioned in the role of “urban missionaries” whose function it was to regulate unruly and immoral behaviour among the "lower classes". They were almost entirely focused on arresting drunks, prostitutes, disorderlies, and violators of Toronto’s ultra-strict Sunday "blue law".^[1] A blue law, in the United States and Canada, is a type of law designed to enforce moral standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest. ...

In the days before public social services, the force functioned as a social services mega-agency. Prior the creation of the Toronto Humane Society in 1887 and the Children’s Aid Society in 1891, the police oversaw animal and child welfare, including the enforcement of child support payments. They operated the city's ambulance service and acted as the Board of Health. Police stations at the time were designed with space for the housing of homeless, as no other public agency in Toronto dealt with this problem. Shortly before the Great Depression, in 1925, the Toronto Police housed 16,500 homeless people that year. A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A homeless man pushes a cart down the street. ...

Plainclothes Officers circa 1919

The Toronto Police regulated street-level business: cab drivers, street vendors, corner grocers, tradesmen, rag men, junk dealers, laundry operators. Under public order provisions, the Toronto Police was responsible for the licensing and regulation of dance halls, pool halls, theaters, and later movie houses. It was responsible for censoring the content of not only theatrical performances and movies, but of all literature in the city ranging from books and magazines to posters and advertising. Image File history File links Squad-1. ... Image File history File links Squad-1. ...

The Toronto Police also suppressed labour movements which were perceived as anarchist threats. The establishment of the mounted unit is directly related to the four-month Toronto streetcar strike of 1886, when authorities called on the Governor General's Horse Guard Regiment to assist in suppressing the strike. The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments, in particular through the implementation of specific laws governing labor relations. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

20th century

As for serious criminal investigations, the Toronto Police frequently (but not always) contracted with private investigators from the Pinkerton’s Detective Agency until the 20th century when it developed its own internal investigation and intelligence capacity.

During the 1930s and 1940s, the Toronto Police under Chief Dennis "Deny" Draper returned to its function as an agency to suppress political dissent. Its notorious "Red Squad" brutally dispersed demonstrations by labor unions and by unemployed and homeless people during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Suspicious of "foreigners", the police lobbied the City of Toronto to pass legislation banning public speeches in languages other than English, curtailing union organization among Toronto vast immigrant populations working in sweat shops.

After several scandals, including a call by Chief Draper to have reporters "shot" and his being arrested driving drunk, the City appointed a new Police Chief from its own ranks for the first time in the department's history: John Chisholm, a very able senior police inspector. Unfortunately Chisholm was not up to the politics of the Chief's office, especially in facing off with Fred "Big Daddy" Gardiner who engineered almost single-handedly the formation of Metropolitan Toronto in the 1950s. The Toronto City Police absorbed the surrounding police departments and grew in size and complexity, Chisholm found himself unable to manage the huge agency and its Byzantine politics. In 1958, after a number of conflicts with Gardiner and members of the newly expanded Metropolitan Toronto Board of Police Commissioners, Chief Chisholm drove to High Park on the city's west end, parked his car and committed suicide with his service revolver. The late Staff Superintendent Jack Webster, one of the officers who arrived at the scene of the Chief's death and who would upon his retirement in the 1990s become the Force Historian at the Toronto Police Museum, would later write, “Suicide is a constant partner in every police car.” Frederick G. Gardiner was the first chairman of Metropolitan Toronto council, the governing body for the Municipality of Metro Toronto, from 1953 to 1967. ... Metro Council redirects here. ... The Toronto Police Services Board is the civilian oversight of the Toronto Police Service. ...

With the creation of Metro Toronto in 1954, the Toronto Police was eventually merged on January 1, 1957 with the other municipal forces (Scarborough, Etobicoke, North York Police Departments) to form the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force. In November 1995, the agency was renamed the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service[7] which in turn, in 1998, became the Toronto Police Service after the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Metro Toronto. The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was the name of the highest level of municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario area from 1954 to 1997. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

In February 2007, the Toronto Police Service introduced a new design for its new police cruisers, which will be replacing the older cruisers across Toronto. The entire fleet will have the new design in the near future.

21st century

Today, the Toronto Police Service is responsible for overall local police service in Toronto and works with the other emergency services (Toronto EMS (TEMS) and Toronto Fire Services (TFS) and other police forces in the GTA including: Toronto EMS provides ambulatory and paramedic care for the city of Toronto. ... The Toronto Fire Services is part of the Emergency Services that respond to 911-calls in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

• York Regional Police
• Peel Regional Police
• Durham Regional Police Service
• Ontario Provincial Police
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

For most of 2005, the police union and the Toronto Police Services Board (the civilian governing body) were involved in lengthy contract negotiations. The rank and file had been without a contract since the end of 2004, and conducted a work-to-rule campaign in the fall of 2005. The police force is an essential service and are legally prohibited from striking. As part of the work-to-rule, officers wore baseball caps with the union insignia and mock turtlenecks, as well as responding primarily only to radio calls and dramatically reducing the number of tickets issued. In October the police union planned a rally in front of city hall to publicize their demands. Although police chief Bill Blair expressly forbade officers from wearing uniforms to the rally, several dozen officers disobeyed and were subsequently disciplined. In December the city avoided arbitration by settling the contract dispute which was approved by police members. York Regional Police is the police force responsible for public order in York Region north of Toronto. ... Peel Regional Police Logo The Peel Regional Police (PRP) provides policing services for Peel Region in Ontario, Canada. ... The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) is the police service operated by the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada, commonly referred to as Durham Region, and located east of the City of Toronto. ... The Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) is the provincial police force for the province of Ontario, Canada. ... RCMP redirects here. ... The Toronto Police Services Board is the civilian oversight of the Toronto Police Service. ... Work-to-rule is a job action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of a workplace, and follow safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown. ... Bill Blair William Sterling (Bill) Blair is the current police chief of Toronto, Ontario. ... Arbitration is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, wherein the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons (the arbitrators or arbitral tribunal), by whose decision (the award) they agree to be bound. ...

In 2005, the police force was faced with a spike in shootings across Toronto and increased concern among residents. Chief Blair and Mayor David Miller advocated for additional resources and asked for diligence from residents to contend with this issue. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty promised to work with Toronto to fight crime. Miller blamed the illegal importation of guns from the U.S. for the city's increase in gun-related crimes. The black community, whose relations with the Toronto police have been somewhat strained for years, feared they will be targeted by the police through racial profiling. In the wake of the shootings, Toronto Councillor Michael Thompson called for the use of racial profiling by urging police to stop and search young black males as an effective means to fight gun crime; however, Thompson recanted shortly afterward, saying, "That's not something I would want. I think it's understood that this wasn't carefully thought out... I absolutely apologize for that." David Raymond Miller (born December 26, 1958) is a Canadian politician. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Racial profiling, also known as ethnic profiling, is the inclusion of racial or ethnic characteristics in determining whether a person is considered likely to commit a particular type of crime (see Offender Profiling). ... Michael Thompson may refer to: MIchael Thompson of St. ...

A Coroner's Inquest took place into the police killing of 17-year-old Jeffrey Reodica. Reodica was shot three times in the back and killed by plainclothes Toronto police officer, Det.-Const. Dan Belanger, on May 21, 2004. Plainclothes police officers and unmarked vehicles will become more identifiable to the public in response to the findings from the Coroners Inquest into the 2004 fatal shooting of Scarborough teenager Jeffrey Reodica. Jeffrey Reodica was a 17 year old boy shot down by police in Toronto, Canada. ...

In a report presented to the Toronto Police Services Board on April 26, 2007, Police Chief Bill Blair recommended that all plainclothes police officers be issued arm bands and raid jackets bearing the word 'Police' in an effort to increase their visibility in critical situations. Unmarked cars, which are already equipped with a plug-in police light, will also be supplied with additional emergency equipment, including a siren package. The recommendations to outfit the department's 1,300 plainclothes officers and 500 unmarked vehicles with identifiable police markings were two key findings by the jury at the coroner's inquest into Reodica's death. The 17-year-old was shot three times in the back following an altercation with plainclothes police officers near Bellamy Road and Lawrence Avenue East on May 21, 2004. The proposals will cost $438,350 and will be phased in over three years beginning in 2008. Undercover officers will also have to wear, carry or have access to standard police use-of-force options such as pepper spray and batons.

In 2004, eight people were shot by Toronto police, and six of them died from their wounds. The SIU investigated each shooting, but found all of them to be justified.

Funding

As a division of the municipal government of Toronto, the Toronto Police Service's annual funding level is established by a vote of the Toronto City Council in favour of the year's proposed budget. Provided below are historical gross and net funding levels of the TPS as a part of the city's operating budgets. The Toronto City Council is the governing body of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

The budget of the municipal government of Toronto, 1999 was approved in that year by the Toronto City Council. ... The budget of the municipal government of Toronto, 2004 was approved in that year by the Toronto City Council. ...

Command

The chief of police is the highest ranking officer of the Toronto Police Service. Most chiefs have been chosen amongst the ranks of Toronto force and promoted from the ranks of deputy chief. Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in the United States and Canada. ...

Chiefs of the Toronto police force have been:

Toronto Police Department

• William Higgins 1834
• George Kingsmill 1835
• James Stitt 1836
• George Kingsmill 1837-1846
• George Allen 1847-1852
• Samuel Sherwood 1852-1858
• William Stratton Prince 1859-1873
• Frank C. Draper 1874-1886
• H.J. Grasett 1886-1920
• Samuel Dickson 1920-1928
• Dennis Draper 1928-1946

Toronto Police Department (up to 1953) and Metro Toronto Police (up to 1998) Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• John Chisholm 1946-1958
• James Mackey 1958-1970
• Harold Adamson 1970-1980
• Jack W. Ackroyd 1980-1984 (died 1992)
• Jack Marks 1984-1989 (died 2007)
• William J. McCormack 1989-1995

Metro Toronto Police (up to 1998) and Toronto Police Service (1998 onwards) Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Jack Ackroyd (died 1992) was a Canadian police officer. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Jack Marks (February 11, 1927 - February 27, 2007) was a Canadian police officer. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... William J McCormack was Chief of Police of the Metro Toronto Police from 1989 to 1995. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

• David Boothby 1995-2000
• Julian Fantino 2000-2005
• Mike Boyd 2005
• Bill Blair 2005-present

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Operations

Toronto Police Headquarters is on College Street near Bay Street in the downtown area. The former HQ at Jarvis Street was turned into a museum (and since re-located to current HQ). The current site was once home to the Toronto YMCA. A typical College street sign in Little Italy, Toronto College Street is a main east-west route in downtown Toronto, Canada. ... Torontos Bay Street in the heart of the financial district. ...

The Toronto Police Service is divided into 2 field areas and 17 divisions (police stations or precincts): A typical suburban police station in the United States (this one is in San Bruno, California). ... A precinct is a space enclosed by the walls or other boundaries of a particular place or building, or by an arbitrary and imaginary line drawn around it. ...

Central Field, 40 College St. commands the stations in the downtown area and former City of York:

• 11 Division, 209 Mavety St.
• 12 Division, 200 Trethewey Dr.
• 13 Division, 1435 Eglinton Av. W.
• 14 Division, 150 Harrison St.
• 51 Division, 51 Parliament St.
• 52 Division, 255 Dundas St. W.
• 53 Division, 75 Eglinton Av. W.
• 54 Division, 41 Cranfield Rd.
• 55 Division, 101 Coxwell Av.

Area Field, 40 College St. commands stations of North York, Etobicoke, East York and Scarborough: Eglinton Avenue is an east-west throughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Dundas Street showing the 506 Carlton Streetcar (the 505 Dundas Street streetcar also runs along Dundas), with Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in background. ...

• 22 Division, 3699 Bloor St. W.
• 23 Division, 5230 Finch Av. W.
• 31 Division, 40 Norfinch Dr.
• 32 Division, 30 Ellerslie Av.
• 33 Division, 50 Upjohn Rd.
• 41 Division, 2222 Eglinton Av. E.
• 42 Division, 242 Milner Av. E.
• 43 Division 4331 Lawrence Ave. E near Morningside Avenue (division was merged with 42 in 1989)

Note: Public Safety Unit is located at 4610 Finch Avenue East next to the C.O. Bick Police College Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Support units in the Toronto Police Service form the operational support structure and consists of:

• Intelligence Services
• Communications Services
• Community Liaison
• Community Programs
  • Community Police Cadets
• Court Services
• Emergency Task Force
• Marine
• Mounted and Police Dog Services
• Parking Enforcement
• Public Safety Unit
• Traffic Services
• Forensic Investigation Service (FIS) - Toronto's answer to CSI

Policing on most 400-series highways (like King's Highways 401, 400, 427, 404) are in the jurisdiction of the Ontario Provincial Police. Toronto Police is responsible for patrolling on local highways (Allen Road, Don Valley Parkway, F.G. Gardiner Expressway and the Toronto section of Highway 409). A tactical unit of the Toronto Police Service to deal with high risk situations like gun calls, hostage taking, barricaded persons, emotionally disturbed persons, high risk arrest and protection details. ... Crime Scene, done by the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. ... The Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) is the provincial police force for the province of Ontario, Canada. ...

Marine Unit was initially known as the Toronto Lifesaving & Harbour Patrol in 1912 and renamed Toronto Harbour Police. The Toronto Harbour Police merged with the Metro Police in 1982 to become the Metro Toronto Marine Unit. In 1998 it was renamed again as the Toronto Police Marine Unit. The current unit consists of 50 officers and 15 boats.

Workforce

The Toronto Police Service has approximately 5,710 uniformed officers and 2,500 civilian employees.

Fleet

Cruisers Most vehicles are numbered according to division, with first two digits identifying the division (e.g. 3233 is car 33 from 32 Division). Marked cruisers are label with the motto To Serve and Protect.

• Chevrolet Camaro - Highway Unit - retired
• Chevrolet Caprice - retired
• Chevrolet Cavalier - Parking Enforcement
• Chevrolet Impala
• Chevrolet Malibu (2001-2005)- Community Sweeper Unit
• Chevrolet Malibu (2006) - parking enforcement
• Dodge Charger - (marked) - regular cruisers, Traffic Services, Community Sweeper Unit
• Dodge Neon - Parking Enforcement
• Smart fortwo - Parking Enforcement
• Ford Crown Victoria (marked) - regular cruisers, Traffic Services, Community Sweeper Unit
• Ford Crown Victoria- (black/blue stripe, grey/grey stripe) stealth unit
• Ford Focus - Parking Enforcement
• Ford Taurus (Highway Patrol) - retired
• Plymouth Caravelle - retired
• Volkswagen New Beetle - Safety Bug
• Honda [Honda Civic/Civic Hybrid]]

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• BMW K1
• Harley Davidson FLHTP

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TPS has a fleet of 15 boats including:

• Marine Unit 1 - Volvo Penta Turbo Chargd 350 hp engines and shared with Toronto EMS
• Marine Unit 2 - patrol boat
• Marine Unit 3 - patrol boat
• Marine Unit 4 - patrol boat
• Marine Unit 5 - patrol boat
• 2 30-foot Zodiac Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) with twin 250-horsepower four-stroke motors
• 1 "HUSKY" airboat used for operating over ice

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• Chevrolet Express van - Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Collision Reconstruction
• GMC Savanna vans - Radio Services and Court Services
• Chvrolet Suburban SUV - ETF, Marine Unit
• Ford F350 - Mounted Unit
• Ford Van - Explosive Disposal Unit
• Ford Van - RIDE
• GMC Safari - Parking Enforcement
• Jeep Cherokee

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Mounted Unit

Members of the Toronto Police mounted unit

The horse unit was formed in 1886 and now stationed at the Horse Palace at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 560 pixel Image in higher resolution (1000 × 700 pixel, file size: 145 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Modified version of: Image:RCMP mounted rally at Queens Park. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 560 pixel Image in higher resolution (1000 × 700 pixel, file size: 145 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Modified version of: Image:RCMP mounted rally at Queens Park. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Horse Palace in Toronto was built in 1931 and use to host the bulk of the annual Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. ... Early CNE midway sign A pair of CNE Magic Passes Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is an annual event held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

The unit has a strength of 27 horses and 40 officers.

Horses

• Honest Ed (2004); named for Ed Mirvish
• Sampson
• Lady
• Keith
• Dragoon

Horses killed while on duty: Edwin Honest Ed Mirvish, OC, CBE (July 24, 1914[1] — July 11, 2007[2]) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario who lived in Toronto, Ontario. ...

• Brigadier (born 1998 near Listowel, Ontario) - 2006 - motor vehicle collision
• Lancer - 2002 - motor vehicle collision

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Marine Unit

The Toronto Police Marine Unit is responsible for water related emergencies off the immediate shores of Lake Ontario and within city limits. The unit's 48 boats are also assisted by the Toronto Fire Services fire boat and Toronto EMS. Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, USA, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... The Toronto Fire Services is part of the Emergency Services that respond to 911-calls in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Toronto EMS provides ambulatory and paramedic care for the city of Toronto. ...

Sidearms

Glock 22 Large frame .40 - Regular uniformed officers Glock 22 in Olive Drab finish (with magazine) The Glock 22 is a pistol manufactured by Glock. ...

Glock 23 Compact frame .40 - Specialized issue Glock 23 The GLOCK 23 is a pistol manufactured by GLOCK. // Description and use The GLOCK 23 is a GLOCK 19 modified to fire the . ...

Glock 17 Large frame 9mm - Specialized units The Glock 17 was the first pistol designed and manufactured by the Austrian company Glock. ...

Glock 19 Compact frame 9 mm - Specialized issue The Glock 19 is a pistol designed and manufactured by Glock. ...

Tazer Regular uniformed supervisors and specialized units An electroshock gun (sometimes referred to as a stun gun or taser), is a weapon used for subduing a person by administering a deliberate electric shock. ...

TPS formerly used Smith & Wesson prior to switching over to the Glock. Smith & Wesson NASDAQ: SWHC (S&W) is the largest manufacturer of handguns in the United States. ...

Uniform

Front line officers wear dark navy blue shirts, cargo pants (with red stripe) and boots. Winter jackets are either dark navy blue jacket design — Eisenhower style, single breasted front closing, 2 patch type breast pockets, shoulder straps, gold buttons, or yellow windbreaker style with the word POLICE in reflective silver and black at the back(Generally worn by the bicycle police).All ranks shall wear dark navy blue clip on ties.

A person of any rank may remove a tie when they are wearing a short sleeved shirt or blouse, as the case may be, and not wearing a uniform jacket, patrol jacket or windbreaker.

Hats can be styled after Baseball caps, Combination caps,or fur trim hats for winter. Motorcycle units have white helments. Black or reflective yellow gloves are also provided to officers with Traffic Services. A baseball cap worn with the bill at the front, shading the eyes A baseball cap is a type of soft cap with a long, stiffened and curved peak and it is worn by men, women and children. ... Gen. ...

Senior officers wear white shirts and a black dress jacket.

Ranks

Rank epaulettes

The rank insignia of the Toronto Police Service is similar to that used by police services elsewhere in Canada and in the United Kingdom, except that the usual "pips" are replaced by maple leaves. Image File history File links Tps_ranks. ... Image File history File links Tps_ranks. ...

Commanding Officers

Besides the Chief of Police, the other command officers are the Deputy Chiefs. They head the command units:

• Divisional Policing - Kim Derry (current)
• Executive - Jane Dick (current)
• Human Resources - Keith Forde (current)
• Specialized Policing - Anthony Warr (current)

The Chief Administrative Officer is a civilian post, currently held by Tony Veneziano.

Police Senior Officers

The day-to-day and regional operations are commanded by senior officers:

• Staff Superintendent
• Superintendent

• Staff Inspector
• Inspector

• Staff Sergeant
• Sergeant

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Police Officers

• Constable - first class, second class, third class, fourth class

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Training

New and current officers of the Toronto Police Service train at the Charles O. Bick College (former Judge and Police Services chairman) on Finch Avenue East and Brimley Road. The initial training is 2 weeks then 12 weeks at the Ontario Police College in Aylmer, Ontario and then 6 weeks of final training at C.O. Bick college. Recruit to the TPS are also trained at the Ontario Police College in Aylmer, Ontario. The Ontario Police College (OPC) is located just east of Aylmer, Ontario, in the farm rich area of South Western Ontario. ... Aylmer, Ontario is a town in Elgin County in southern Ontario, Canada, just north of Lake Erie, on Catfish Creek. ... The Ontario Police College (OPC) is located just east of Aylmer, Ontario, in the farm rich area of South Western Ontario. ... Aylmer, Ontario is a town in Elgin County in southern Ontario, Canada, just north of Lake Erie, on Catfish Creek. ...

The current police college will re-locate near the Humber College's south campus in southern Etobicoke. The College is also home to the memorial for slain PC Todd Baylis.

Emergency Services

TPS is part of Toronto's Emergency Services and works along side with:

• Toronto Fire Services
• Toronto EMS
• Heavy Urban Search and Rescue

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See also

• Auxillary Constable
• Emergency Task Force
• History of crime in Toronto
• TTC Special Constable Services

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External links

• Toronto Police Offical Site
• Toronto Police Services Board
• Reodica Inquest: Plainclothes officers to become more identifiable beginning in 2008
• History of the Toronto Police in the 19th Century
• Toronto Police History
• Toronto Police history 2
• 22 Division Toronto Police Service Rovers
• Toronto Police Association
• Toronto Cops Are Tops
• http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060508/reodica_inquest_060508/20060508/?site_codename=toronto

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