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The PPS uses a similar ranks system to the RCMP, with the director being a chief superintendent on secondment from the RCMP. [5] The officer-in-charge of PPS operations holds the rank of superintendent, team managers hold the rank of sergeant, supervisors hold the rank of corporal, and officers with no leadership responsibility hold the rank of constable.
Toronto, Ontario December 1, 1912 Struck by a vehicle Corporal Maxwell George Bailey NWMP: Grassy Lake, Alberta: April 23, 1913 Killed while apprehending a suspect [20] Constable Mathew Hamilton Stratford Police Service Stratford, Ontario: May 13, 1913 Killed by a falling piece of timber while responding to a church fire. Chief John A. McCarthy Jr.
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is a municipal police force in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the primary agency responsible for providing law enforcement and policing services in Toronto. Established in 1834, it was the first local police service created in North America and is one of the oldest police services in the English-speaking world .
James Stitt (1804—November 23, 1891) was High Constable of Toronto. He was born in Ireland in 1804 and emigrated to Canada around 1830. In 1836, he was appointed High Constable of Toronto and served for one year. He subsequently entered the cartage business. He was appointed a customs officer in Toronto in 1850 and held that position until ...
Paul Condon joined the police in 1967. He became Chief Constable of Kent in 1989 and Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1993 at the age of 45, the youngest person to do so, stepping down in 2000. [1] His tenure as head of the Metropolitan Police Service was marked by the Stephen Lawrence case, which became a major controversy.
George Kingsmill (1808–1852) was the High Constable of Toronto in 1835 and from 1837 to 1846.. Kingsmill was born in Queen's County, Ireland. [1] He joined the British Army and, after being decommissioned, settled in Toronto in 1829 and ran a provision store on Market Street where he supplied sailing vessels and steamers passing through the city's port. [1]
Samuel Sherwood was High Constable of the Toronto Police Department from 1852 to 1859. A tavern owner with ties to the Tory Family Compact, his brother, Henry Sherwood was Mayor of Toronto and then Premier of Canada West in the 1840s. According to Conyngham Crawford Taylor, Samuel Sherwood was “a quiet, good-natured man, who did not insist on ...
Brigadier-General Dennis Colburn Draper CMG DSO* (February 20, 1875 – November 8, 1951) was a Canadian officer who served as the chief constable of the Toronto Police Department from 1928 to 1946. Early life