March 16 Toronto Superintendent […]
When
1981-03-16
Description
March 16 Toronto Superintendent David Sproule, head of 52 Division of the Toronto Police Services, held a press conference to defend the four plainclothes officers who had helped to lead the February 20, 1981, gay protest march, claiming that it was an accident. The chairman of the Metro Toronto Board of Police Commissioners Phil Givens, however, called for an informal investigation into the incident. Police Chief Jack Ackroyd conducted an investigation but did not discipline the officers, because "we can't find any offence."
All Places
TorontoAll People
Jack AckroydPhilip GivensDavid SprouleAll Organizations
Metropolitan Board of Commissioners of Police, Metropolitan Police CommissionToronto Police ServiceAll Citations
"Unwise Police Involvement" (editorial), Toronto Star, four star ed., 17 March 1981, p. A8."The Shadows Have Eyes" (editorial), Globe and Mail, metro ed., 19 March 1981, p. 6"Police Won't Charge 'Embarrassed' Marchers," Toronto Star, four star ed., 18 March 1981, p. A3"Police Spat on Protesters, Gay Rights Activists Claim," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 24 March 1981, p. 4"Police in Gay March under Fire," Toronto Sun, 17 March 1981, p. 34"Police Defend 'Undercover' Role in Homosexual Parade," Toronto Star, five star ed., 16 March 1981, pp. A1, A3"Police Action in March Shocks Lawyers' Head," Toronto Star, four star ed., 17 March 1981, p. A3"Pictures Seem to Contradict Police Story: Officers Grabbed Banner, Photographer Says," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 23 March 1981, p. 5Ian Mulgrew, "Undercover Officers Cleared by Ackroyd: Carried Banner at Gay March," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 19 March 1981, p. 11Stephen Godfrey, "Police in Demonstration 'Routine,' Officer Says," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 17 March 1981, p. 5John Ferri, "Police Incited Violence at Rally, Affidavits Say," Toronto Star, four star ed., 24 March 1981, p. A3Peter Downard, "Ackroyd Defends Cops," Varsity (Univ. of Toronto), 20 March 1981, p. 3"Covert Cops in Rally 'Acted Properly,'" Toronto Sun, 18 March 1981, p. 47Dale Brazao and Don Dutton, "Givens Denies 'Agents Provocateurs,'" Toronto Star, Sunday ed., 15 March 1981, pp. A1, A3Dale Brazao, "Police Led Homosexual March, Star Photos Show," Toronto Star, four star ed., 16 March 1981, p. A3Michael Best, "Why Metro Police Infiltrate Parades," Toronto Star, Saturday ed., 21 March 1981, p. B5Ian Austen and Angela Mangiacasale, "Givens Plans to Probe Undercover Police: Officers in Bathhouse March," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 16 March 1981, p. 10"21 'Agent' Cops at Rally: Gays: Baths Raid Protest," Toronto Sun, 24 March 1981, p. 109
