HISTORY OF THE TORONTO POLICE

In Memory of Staff Superintendent Jack "Copper Jack"  Webster - Toronto Force Historian - 1923 - 2002
Peter Vronsky ©1992-2025 

 

INTRODUCATION TO PIONEER POLICING AND JUSTICE IN YORK UPPER CANADA (TORONTO ONTARIO)  

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONSTABLES    FROM 450 A.D. TO 1800 

CRIME & PUNISHMENT IN UPPER CANADA  1790 - 1834: SLAVERY LYNCHING BANISHMENT HANGING PILLORY BRANDING

POLICING IN PIONEER YORK TOWN  UPPER CANADA 1793 - 1834

 

THE HISTORY OF THE TORONTO POLICE IN THE 19TH CENTURY

PART 1    1834 - 1859:  "Formidable Engines of Oppression"                  

PART 2    1850 - 1859:  Gangs of Toronto and the Call For Reform        

PART 3    1859 - 1875:  The Militarization of the Constables

PART 3A  1859 - 1866:  Security-Intelligence Functions of the Toronto Police During the American Civil War and the Fenian Raids     

PART 4     1870 - 1920:  The Constables as Urban Missionaries

APPENDIX:  List of Names of Toronto Police Constables 1860  

 

HISTORY OF THE TORONTO POLICE IN THE 20TH CENTURY

    TORONTO NOTORIOUS   Image Preview 

1.  THE RISE OF ORGANIZED CRIME:  1920 - 1930

2.  CHIEF DENNIS DRAPER AND PROTEST IN TORONTO:  1929 - 1945

3.  INTO THE AGE OF SERIAL HOMICIDE:  1945 - 1958

OFFICIAL TORONTO POLICE HISTORY FROM ARCHIVE.ORG

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