As Remembrance Day drew closer yearly, Superintendent Hugh Ferguson Jr. would get a call from his father reminding him that he would be attending the annual event at police headquarters. That call didn’t come this year as Hugh Ferguson Sr. passed away last August at age 89. For many years,...

A Toronto Police program to help link vulnerable military veterans to social services was unveiled at headquarters on September 8. With the full support of the Community Partnership & Engagement Unit and the Command Team, Constables Aaron Dale and Jeremy Burns – who served in the Canadian Armed Forces –...

Sources: (1) D. Draper –Annual Report of the Chief Constable of the City of Toronto for the Year 1939, Toronto: The Carswell Co Ltd City Printers, 1940. (2) Toronto Daily Star 1940-09-14, p.15 “Policemen Join Up and Stick to Blue” (30) Naval Service of Canada p.90-91; Toronto Daily Star 1942-01-10,...