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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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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
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Sidney Linden, below left, is Metro's public complaints commissioner.
Sidney Linden, below left, is Metro's public complaints commissioner.
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
3/12/1982
Sidney B. Linden Q.C. Public complaints commissioner
Sidney B. Linden Q.C. Public complaints commissioner
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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
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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
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
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.
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Complaints about marijuana laws and student unemployment got no sympathy today from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau during session with young Liberals a(...)
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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.
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
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