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Charles O. Bick

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134: 49:, particularly over questions of authority. Bick asserted that "under the Police Act, the control of the police department is in the hands of the commission," not the chief. Chisolm was unable to cope with the strain of managing the merging of thirteen separate police departments and committed suicide in 77:
centres and calling for a public boycott of stores which sold pornography saying that they "weaken the moral fibre of society" and are "a major cause of juvenile crime." Nevertheless, he was an opponent of censorship. He also advocated stricter
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Bick also used his position as police commission chairman to advance his ideas around law enforcement and the public good. He advocated the police sending people arrested for drunkenness to
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in Toronto in 1932. After working for an optometry office on Yonge Street for several years, he purchased the business in 1937.
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in 1955 to oversee the amalgamation of the thirteen separate police forces that existed prior to the formation of
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In order to meet the criteria to hold his office under the Ontario Police Act at the time he was appointed a
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in 1953, the year it was incorporated into the new municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.
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Bick entered municipal politics and was elected to the town council of the
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Bick remained chairman for 21 years until his retirement in 1977.
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by profession, Bick was appointed to head the new body by
27:. He coined the service's slogan "To Serve and Protect". 149: 141: 123: 66:Bick advocated more training for police officers - 21:Metropolitan Toronto Board of Police Commissioners 230:Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission Chairman 8: 272:Chairs of the Toronto Police Services Board 216: 132: 120: 111: 19:(1909–1994) was the first chairman of the 175: 114: 189: 187: 185: 183: 181: 179: 23:, the civilian body which oversaw the 7: 14: 25:Metropolitan Toronto Police Force 282:Metropolitan Toronto councillors 100:in 1949 succeeding Gardiner as 63:and then a county court judge. 1: 36:Metropolitan Toronto Chairman 167:How to use archival material 91:Ontario College of Optometry 307:Mayors of places in Ontario 323: 297:People from Brock, Ontario 238: 227: 219: 128:City of Toronto Archives 89:and graduated from the 68:Charles O. Bick College 98:Village of Forest Hill 287:Canadian optometrists 155:Charles O. Bick fonds 302:Canadian magistrates 43:Metropolitan Toronto 292:People from Toronto 87:Cannington, Ontario 277:Judges in Ontario 250: 249: 239:Succeeded by 197:, 2 December 1994 172: 171: 161: 160: 314: 220:Preceded by 217: 211: 204: 198: 191: 157: 137: 136: 121: 112: 322: 321: 317: 316: 315: 313: 312: 311: 252: 251: 246: 245:1977–1985 244: 235:1955–1977 233: 225: 215: 214: 205: 201: 192: 177: 153: 131: 110: 85:He was born in 17:Charles O. Bick 12: 11: 5: 320: 318: 310: 309: 304: 299: 294: 289: 284: 279: 274: 269: 264: 254: 253: 248: 247: 240: 237: 226: 221: 213: 212: 199: 195:Globe and Mail 174: 173: 170: 169: 163: 162: 159: 158: 151: 147: 146: 143: 139: 138: 125: 117: 116: 109: 106: 75:detoxification 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 319: 308: 305: 303: 300: 298: 295: 293: 290: 288: 285: 283: 280: 278: 275: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 259: 257: 243: 242:Philip Givens 236: 232: 231: 224: 218: 210:, 31 May 2004 209: 203: 200: 196: 190: 188: 186: 184: 182: 180: 176: 168: 165: 164: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 135: 129: 126: 122: 119: 118: 113: 107: 105: 103: 99: 94: 92: 88: 83: 81: 76: 71: 69: 64: 62: 57: 54: 52: 48: 47:John Chisholm 44: 40: 39:Fred Gardiner 37: 33: 28: 26: 22: 18: 234: 228: 222: 208:Toronto Star 207: 202: 194: 95: 84: 72: 65: 58: 55: 29: 16: 15: 267:1994 deaths 262:1909 births 142:Identifiers 115:Archives at 80:gun control 32:optometrist 256:Categories 108:References 61:magistrate 145:Fonds 280 53:in 1958. 51:High Park 124:Location 150:Source 130:  82:laws. 102:reeve 223:none 30:An 258:: 178:^

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Metropolitan Toronto Board of Police Commissioners
Metropolitan Toronto Police Force
optometrist
Metropolitan Toronto Chairman
Fred Gardiner
Metropolitan Toronto
John Chisholm
High Park
magistrate
Charles O. Bick College
detoxification
gun control
Cannington, Ontario
Ontario College of Optometry
Village of Forest Hill
reeve
City of Toronto Archives
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Charles O. Bick fonds
How to use archival material






Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission Chairman
Philip Givens
Categories
1909 births

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