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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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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
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
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(...)
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
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
8/5/1980
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
12/27/1973
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
4/27/1981
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
April 4, 1989
Harold Adamson: Jack marks worked with former police chief in 1970s
Harold Adamson: Jack marks worked with former police chief in 1970s
3/12/1980
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
1/20/1988
Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson ended more than 40 years' police service, 10 of them as chief, when he resigned today
Metro Police Chief Harold Adamson ended more than 40 years' police service, 10 of them as chief, when he resigned today
4/5/1979
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
2/23/1984