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In the hostage-taking drama last Monday, Inspector Dave Cowan, head of the elite Emergency Task Force, talks with one of the 32 special Metro officers(...)
In the hostage-taking drama last Monday, Inspector Dave Cowan, head of the elite Emergency Task Force, talks with one of the 32 special Metro officers(...)

In the hostage-taking drama last Monday, Inspector Dave Cowan, head of the elite Emergency Task Force, talks with one of the 32 special Metro officers(...)

Date3/21/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: In the hostage-taking drama last Monday; Inspector Dave Cowan; head of the elite Emergency Task Force; talks with one of the 32 special Metro officers trained to handle firearms and human behavior. Officer wears a flak jacket for protection.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120307F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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.(...)
3/21/1977
Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
Gunman relents after 3-hour siege, Officers of the Metro police emergency Task Force, above, talk with a man armed with a rifle in his car yesterday n(...)
1/5/1988
First hostages, above, are released in last week's bank drama
First hostages, above, are released in last week's bank drama
3/21/1977
Party's aftermath: A man is taken into custody by Emergency Task Force officers yesterday after a shotgun was reported fired in an East York apartment parking lot following a drinking party
Party's aftermath: A man is taken into custody by Emergency Task Force officers yesterday after a shotgun was reported fired in an East York apartment parking lot following a drinking party
5/24/1983
Emergency Task Force officers seal off house where man was shot after refusing to surrender
Emergency Task Force officers seal off house where man was shot after refusing to surrender
6/10/1979
Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)
Carried out, Emergency Task Force officers haul off suspect Robert Patterson, 56, of Brantford, after tenants of an Etobicoke apartment building heard(...)
12/5/1981
Armed police sharpshooters mount an aerial ladder above the hostage drama
Armed police sharpshooters mount an aerial ladder above the hostage drama
10/29/1977
Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar
Hijacked streetcar: Members of the Metro police Emergency Task Force last night used tear gas to subdue a man who had commandeered a TTC streetcar
3/8/1988
Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
Body found: A Metro police Emergency Task Force unit and other police vehicles block a road to the Humber River, near the thick underbrush where two boys found the body of Alison Parrott last night
7/27/1986
Worried mother: Helen Porter, mother of wounded Emergency Task Force officer Glen Bacon, arrives at Wellesley Hospital where her son was undergoing exploratory surgery after being shot
Worried mother: Helen Porter, mother of wounded Emergency Task Force officer Glen Bacon, arrives at Wellesley Hospital where her son was undergoing exploratory surgery after being shot
10/31/1982
In discussion: Rev. Carl Sulliman, a friend of the Parrott family, talks with two Metro police officers yesterday outside the family's home on Summerhill Ave
In discussion: Rev. Carl Sulliman, a friend of the Parrott family, talks with two Metro police officers yesterday outside the family's home on Summerhill Ave
7/28/1986
Two police officers, weapons at the ready, keep vigil in front of main ikins in window of a nearby store
Two police officers, weapons at the ready, keep vigil in front of main ikins in window of a nearby store
10/29/1977