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Officers And Civilians Go Above and Beyond

May 17, 2023

51 Division
Office of the Chief
Two officers, who arrested a suspect in a string of bank robberies in the city, were among many recently honoured with Service Awards. On November 14, 2022, Constables Moritz Lichtenberger and Vyacheslav Biryukov were patrolling the Regent Park & Moss Park area when they heard a broadcast on their police...
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Civic Actions Strengthen Social Fabric

May 16, 2023

Office of the Chief
Professional Standards
Colleagues at a bagel shop in the city who rescued a woman from harming herself were recognized with Community Member Awards at Toronto Police Service headquarters. On September 26, 2022, Eric Alba and Gordana Sorial were working at the bagel shop when an unknown woman walked into the kitchen area,...
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Off-Duty Officer Arrests Armed Man

April 24, 2023

42 Division
An off-duty police officer, who intervened in an attempted carjacking and arrested a suspect who shot at him during a brief foot chase in Scarborough, was honoured with a Merit Mark at the Toronto Police Service Awards at headquarters on April 18. Just after midnight on September 10, 2022, Constable...
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Megan Colicchio accepts her Communicator of the Year Award from Chief Myron Demkiw and Staff Superintendent Shannon Dawson

Focused Dispatcher Wins Communicator of the Year

April 17, 2023

Communications Services
Megan Colicchio was chosen Toronto Police Communications Operator of the Year for her steady and calm presence in dispatching the police response for a call for intimate partner violence involving a gun. Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw and Acting Staff Superintendent Shannon Dawson presented the award to Colicchio. He said...
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A TPS First Top 40 Under 40

October 27, 2022

Homicide and Missing Persons Unit
Detective Sergeant Tiffany Castell has always challenged herself in her career. The first Black woman to become a permanent member of the Homicide and Missing Persons unit and one of its youngest ever Detective Sergeants has made history as the first Toronto Police officer to be recognized by the International...
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