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Today, the Police Complaints Board under complaints commissioner Sidney Linden, left, will decide the officer's fate
Today, the Police Complaints Board under complaints commissioner Sidney Linden, left, will decide the officer's fate

Today, the Police Complaints Board under complaints commissioner Sidney Linden, left, will decide the officer's fate

Date1/20/1983
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    ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0063362F
    Sidney Linden: Metro public complaints commissioner has called for videotaping of suspects' interrogation to reduce charges of coercion and police brutality
    Sidney Linden: Metro public complaints commissioner has called for videotaping of suspects' interrogation to reduce charges of coercion and police brutality
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    4/14/1983
    Sidney Linden, below left, is Metro's public complaints commissioner.
    Sidney Linden, below left, is Metro's public complaints commissioner.
    Cooper, David
    11/12/1981
    The team: Complaints commissioner Sidney Linden, seated centre, with his investigators, from left: Steve Lechnewsky, Ed Singleton, Philomena Stanway, Lorenzo Mendoza and Astaw Seife
    The team: Complaints commissioner Sidney Linden, seated centre, with his investigators, from left: Steve Lechnewsky, Ed Singleton, Philomena Stanway, Lorenzo Mendoza and Astaw Seife
    Linden, Sidney B.
    3/12/1982
    Sidney B. Linden Q.C. Public complaints commissioner
    Sidney B. Linden Q.C. Public complaints commissioner
    Linden, Sidney B.
    8/7/1989
    Officers assaulted me man tells police panel, By Chris Welner, Toronto Star, A Scarborough steamfitter was handcuffed and beaten by police after swearing at them for ticketing a friend who had been drinking on the street, a public complaints tribunal has
    Officers assaulted me man tells police panel, By Chris Welner, Toronto Star, A Scarborough steamfitter was handcuffed and beaten by police after swearing at them for ticketing a friend who had been drinking on the street, a public complaints tribunal has
    Stawicki, Andrew
    6/4/1987
    During a discussion of an independent inquiry into the way Metro police investigate complaints against the force, especially complaints of brutality, (...)
    During a discussion of an independent inquiry into the way Metro police investigate complaints against the force, especially complaints of brutality, (...)
    Adamson, Harold
    5/16/1974
    Sidney Handleman, minister of consumer and commercial relations, said this week that he gets more complaints about insurance companies than any other business - and it's the industry's fault
    Sidney Handleman, minister of consumer and commercial relations, said this week that he gets more complaints about insurance companies than any other business - and it's the industry's fault
    Mahler, John
    2/1/1977
    Took stand, Walter Noble, photographed last January after he was allegedly beaten by a Metro policeman, testified at police complaints board hearing yesterday
    Took stand, Walter Noble, photographed last January after he was allegedly beaten by a Metro policeman, testified at police complaints board hearing yesterday
    Darrell, Dick
    1/13/1982
    Dudley Laws: Black activist calls for an independent citizens' board to deal with policing complaints.
    Dudley Laws: Black activist calls for an independent citizens' board to deal with policing complaints.
    Laws, Dudley, 1934-2011
    11/13/1980
    Complaints about marijuana laws and student unemployment got no sympathy today from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau during session with young Liberals a(...)
    Complaints about marijuana laws and student unemployment got no sympathy today from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau during session with young Liberals a(...)
    Bull, Ron
    6/24/1977
    Clare E. Lewis: Provincial Court judge steps down to head police complaints commission.
    Clare E. Lewis: Provincial Court judge steps down to head police complaints commission.
    Lennon, Frank
    10/3/1985
    Up in arms: Owen Leach, a spokesman from the Jane-Finch area, takes the stage at last night's meeting of angry black residents at the Lawrence Heights Community Centre to add his complaints about police treatment of blacks in the area
    Up in arms: Owen Leach, a spokesman from the Jane-Finch area, takes the stage at last night's meeting of angry black residents at the Lawrence Heights Community Centre to add his complaints about police treatment of blacks in the area
    Cooper, David
    10/29/1986