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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

Sidney Linden: Metro public complaints commissioner has called for videotaping of suspects' interrogation to reduce charges of coercion and police brutality

Date4/14/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0063364F
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
1/20/1983
Sidney Linden, below left, is Metro's public complaints commissioner.
Sidney Linden, below left, is Metro's public complaints commissioner.
11/12/1981
Sidney B. Linden Q.C. Public complaints commissioner
Sidney B. Linden Q.C. Public complaints commissioner
8/7/1989
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
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, (...)
5/16/1974
By Lydia Zajc and Paul Watson Toronto Star, The Supreme Court of Ontario has reserved judgement on a court order forcing Metro Police Chief Jack Marks to act on a four-year-old brutality complaint
By Lydia Zajc and Paul Watson Toronto Star, The Supreme Court of Ontario has reserved judgement on a court order forcing Metro Police Chief Jack Marks to act on a four-year-old brutality complaint
6/15/1988
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
6/4/1987
Suspects in the theft of $4.8 million in mortgage money from Canada Trust arrive in Toronto to face fraud charges. Kenneth Wood (left) and Arthur Bert(...)
Suspects in the theft of $4.8 million in mortgage money from Canada Trust arrive in Toronto to face fraud charges. Kenneth Wood (left) and Arthur Bert(...)
1/31/1989
Suspects in the theft of $4.8 million in mortgage money from Canada Trust arrive in Toronto to face fraud charges. Kenneth Wood (left) and Arthur Bert(...)
Suspects in the theft of $4.8 million in mortgage money from Canada Trust arrive in Toronto to face fraud charges. Kenneth Wood (left) and Arthur Bert(...)
1/31/1989
Charges laid: One of two teenage suspects is led away from court yesterday after being charged with first-degree murder in WoodGreen Community Centre Saturday
Charges laid: One of two teenage suspects is led away from court yesterday after being charged with first-degree murder in WoodGreen Community Centre Saturday
12/16/1982
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
2/1/1977
Too political: George Omran has been told by transportation ministry officials to return his vanity licence plates because of complaints from the public that the message NTFADA - Intifadah - is political
Too political: George Omran has been told by transportation ministry officials to return his vanity licence plates because of complaints from the public that the message NTFADA - Intifadah - is political
7/31/1991