Toronto Metropolitan Police: Service, Programs and Community Relations

Thematic Collection: Toronto Metropolitan Police: Service, Programs and Community Relations  

The Centre for Criminology Library is home to an extensive collection of internal and external documents regarding the Toronto Metropolitan Police Service.  

This collection compiles materials from the 1970s to the early 2000s that relate to the Toronto Metropolitan Police Service’s programs, initiatives and organizational goals; internal and external reviews; and, community complaints, perceptions, and relationships.  

For researchers, this collection provides insight into various aspects of the Toronto Metropolitan Police’s historical relationship with citizens and communities, focusing on issues such as of race relations, police misconduct, community partnership, case inquiries, and program reviews. 
 

Cover of "Saving lives- alternatives to the use of lethal force by police" (2002)  Cover of "An assessment of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force community-police planning project" (1988)

Image Caption: Covers of two resources from the Toronto Metropolitan Police: Service, Programs and Community Relations collection.


Some examples of these resources include: 

  • “Attitudes to crime and the police in Toronto; a report on some survey findings”, Malcolm C. Courtis, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto (1970)  
  • “A new organization design for the Metropolitan Toronto police: organizing to meet the challenges of the 1980's”, Metropolitan Toronto Police Management Study Steering Committee (1982)  
  • “Police misconduct in Metropolitan Toronto: a study of formal complaints”, LaMarsh Research Programme, York University (1983) 
  • “Social determinants of attitudes towards police: findings from the Toronto Community Policing Survey”, Solicitor General Canada, Ministry Secretariat (1988)  
  • “Building police-community partnerships with culturally, racially and linguistically diverse populations in Metropolitan Toronto”, Kathryn E. Adsbury, Research Management Consultants (1992) 
  • “Saving lives: alternatives to the use of lethal force by police”, report of a conference held in Toronto, Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Queen Street Patients Council (2002) 


For a full record of the materials that the library holds pertaining to this topic, please refer to the grey literature finding aid (PDF).