Peter Vronsky ©1992-2005

HISTORY OF POLICING IN TORONTO

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

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

• 2.  CRIME & PUNISHMENT IN UPPER CANADA      1790 - 1834
          SLAVERY LYNCHING BANISHMENT HANGING PILLORY BRANDING
  
  

• 3.  POLICING IN PIONEER YORK TOWN  UPPER CANADA 1793 - 1834

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   NEW 
                                          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

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