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Former chiefs: Jack Ackroyd, left, and Harold Adamson are credited for taking the first steps to improve relations between Metro police and minorities when they headed the force
Former chiefs: Jack Ackroyd, left, and Harold Adamson are credited for taking the first steps to improve relations between Metro police and minorities when they headed the force

Former chiefs: Jack Ackroyd, left, and Harold Adamson are credited for taking the first steps to improve relations between Metro police and minorities when they headed the force

Date1/2/1983
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  • Former chiefs: Jack Ackroyd, left, and Harold Adamson are credited for taking the first steps to improve relations between Metro police and minorities when they headed the force
  • Former chiefs: Jack Ackroyd, left, and Harold Adamson are credited for taking the first steps to improve relations between Metro police and minorities when they headed the force.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Former chiefs: Jack Ackroyd, left, and Harold Adamson are credited for taking the first steps to improve relations between Metro police and minorities when they headed the force.
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      Troubled Trio: Police chiefs Jack Marks, left, Harold Adamson, top, and Jack Ackroyd each struggled with the job of leading a Metro police force in turmoil
      Troubled Trio: Police chiefs Jack Marks, left, Harold Adamson, top, and Jack Ackroyd each struggled with the job of leading a Metro police force in turmoil
      Adamson, Harold
      5/12/1975
      All hail the chief: From left, former Metro police chiefs Harold Adamson and Jack Ackroyd, retiring Chief Jack Marks and his successor William McCormack join hands at a luncheon and roast for Masks
      All hail the chief: From left, former Metro police chiefs Harold Adamson and Jack Ackroyd, retiring Chief Jack Marks and his successor William McCormack join hands at a luncheon and roast for Masks
      Faught, Ken
      8/14/1989
      Coming and going, Retiring Metro police chief Harold Adamson is embraced by his successor Jack Ackroyd (left) after receiving a humanitarian award for(...)
      Coming and going, Retiring Metro police chief Harold Adamson is embraced by his successor Jack Ackroyd (left) after receiving a humanitarian award for(...)
      Adamson, Harold
      4/30/1990
      Congratulations: Police Chief Harold Adamson (right) toasts his successor, Deputy Chief Jack Ackroyd, after announcing retirement as head of the 6,000-member department
      Congratulations: Police Chief Harold Adamson (right) toasts his successor, Deputy Chief Jack Ackroyd, after announcing retirement as head of the 6,000-member department
      Adamson, Harold
      3/12/1980
      Celebrity roast: Mayor John Sewell gets a bit of his own back after taking most of the barbs from other speakers at a roast for former police chief, Harold Adamson, left
      Celebrity roast: Mayor John Sewell gets a bit of his own back after taking most of the barbs from other speakers at a roast for former police chief, Harold Adamson, left
      Adamson, Harold
      8/5/1980
      Sparked Task Force: The police shootings of Michael Wade Lawson, top left, in Mississauga last December and Lester Donaldson in Toronto last August, sparked the formation of the Ontario Race Relations and Policing Task Force headed by Clare Lewis, right
      Sparked Task Force: The police shootings of Michael Wade Lawson, top left, in Mississauga last December and Lester Donaldson in Toronto last August, sparked the formation of the Ontario Race Relations and Policing Task Force headed by Clare Lewis, right
      Griffin, Doug
      April 4, 1989
      Drug investigators: Metro police chief Jack Marks, left, was asked by Harold Adamson to investigate drug problems at Woodbine afte Dan Beckon's death
      Drug investigators: Metro police chief Jack Marks, left, was asked by Harold Adamson to investigate drug problems at Woodbine afte Dan Beckon's death
      Bock, Tony
      1/20/1988
      Armstrong: Minorities are treated badly when jobs are at premium, the former rights commissioner says
      Armstrong: Minorities are treated badly when jobs are at premium, the former rights commissioner says
      Armstrong, Bromley
      4/27/1981
      Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson says crime will increase in 1974 and the police force must be increased to meet it
      Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson says crime will increase in 1974 and the police force must be increased to meet it
      Adamson, Harold
      12/27/1973
      Metro police chief Harold Adamson (rear) talks to reporters moments after a suspect in downtown Toronto hostage-taking siege was captured last Monday.(...)
      Metro police chief Harold Adamson (rear) talks to reporters moments after a suspect in downtown Toronto hostage-taking siege was captured last Monday.(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/21/1977
      Harold Adamson: Jack marks worked with former police chief in 1970s
      Harold Adamson: Jack marks worked with former police chief in 1970s
      Adamson, Harold
      3/12/1980
      Man of many faces: Former Metro police chief Jack Ackroyd, shown in 1984 above and in 1982 in uniform at right, is remembered as a tough-talking cop who also enjoyed a good laugh
      Man of many faces: Former Metro police chief Jack Ackroyd, shown in 1984 above and in 1982 in uniform at right, is remembered as a tough-talking cop who also enjoyed a good laugh
      Ackroyd, Jack
      2/23/1984