Myron Demkiw
Myron Demkiw | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chief of the Toronto Police Service (Specialized Operations Command) | |
| Assumed office August 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto BA, 1989; GPLLM, 2020) |
| Profession | Police officer |
| Police career | |
| Department | Toronto Police Service |
| Service years | 1990–present |
| Rank | Deputy Chief of Police |
Myron Demkiw MOM is a Canadian police officer who has been deputy chief of police with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) since August 2020, leading the Specialized Operations Command. On September 15, 2022, the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) announced that Demkiw would be the city's next chief of police. He is expected to take office on December 19, 2022.[1]
Education
Demkiw attended St. Michael’s College School, graduating in 1985, before completing a bachelor’s degree in political science and criminology at the University of Toronto in 1989.[2] In 2019, he returned to the University of Toronto, completing the Global Professional Master of Laws (GPLLM) program in 2020.[2] He is also a graduate of the Police Leadership Program with Rotman School of Management.[2][3]
Career
Demkiw joined the Metro Toronto Police in 1990, the year after he completed his bachelor's degree.[2]
Five years into his career in 1995, Demkiw was nearly killed while working in plain clothes by a man who attempted to shoot him with a handgun.[2]
In 2000, he participated in a raid of a lesbian bathhouse, resulting in six Liquor Licence Act charges, which were later dismissed when a court ruled the initial raid unreasonable two years later.[2] Councillor Kyle Rae accused TPS of trying to ogle naked women, and was sued by Demkiw and six fellow officers for defamation.[4] Rae was ordered to pay the officers $170,000.[5][2] As part of a human rights settlement from that raid in 2004, the Toronto Police Service enhanced efforts to recruit gay officers, adopt a gender-sensitive policy and paid $350,000 to the complainants.[2]
Demkiw became an inspector in 2011, before being promoted to superintendent five years later and staff superintendent in 2018.[6] He held a number of management roles including duty senior officer, unit commander of Intelligence Services, leading Detective Operations, heading Corporate Risk Management, and as second in command of 32 Division.[2][3] In the wake of the Bruce McArthur serial homicides case, he oversaw the creation of the Missing Persons Unit.[7][2]
In 2020, he became acting deputy chief of specialized operations command, where he would oversee Public Safety Operations and Detective Operations.[2]
Chief-designate
On September 15, 2022, the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) announced that Demdiw would be the city's next chief of police. He is expected to take office on December 19, 2022, taking over from James Ramer, who served as interim chief for two years following the resignation of Mark Saunders.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Myron Demkiw named next Toronto Police chief". torontosun. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Who is Myron Demkiw, Toronto's new chief of police?". thestar.com. September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ a b "Myron Demkiw - Toronto Police Service". www.tps.ca. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ Brown, Eleanor (November 15, 2000). "Cops sue Kyle Rae". xtramagazine.com. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Graeme (June 19, 2002). "Councillor found guilty of defamation". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ "Experience | Myron Demkiw, M.O.M. | Linkedin". LinkedIn. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ Brockbank, Nicole (October 19, 2018). "Toronto police create first-ever missing persons unit in wake of McArthur investigation". CBC News.
- ^ Jackson, Hannah (September 15, 2022). "Toronto police name Myron Demkiw as new chief - Toronto | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ Casaletto, Lucas (September 15, 2022). "Myron Demkiw named as new Toronto police chief". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved September 22, 2022.