William J. McCormack explained

William J. McCormack
Office1:Chief of the Metropolitan Toronto Police
Predecessor1:Jack Marks
Successor1:David Boothby
Term Start1:1989
Term End1:1995
Birth Date:1933 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Mauritius
Nationality:British
Canadian
Relations:William McCormack Sr - father
Margaret Moylan - mother
Alma Mater:Mill Meece Police Training School
Atlantic College, Dublin
Occupation:police officer
Profession:marine radio officer, colonial police officer

William Joseph McCormack (21 February 1933 – 8 September 2016) was Chief of Police of the Metro Toronto Police from 1989 to 1995. He succeeded Jack Marks. Earlier in his life McCormack was a marine radio operator and British colonial police officer before coming to Canada in the late 1950s.

Life and career

McCormack was born in Beau-Bassin, Mauritius, then went on to graduate from Atlantic College in Dublin in 1951.[1] McCormack went to sea and as a civilian employee of the Marconi International Marine Communication Limited aboard British Merchant Navy ships where he served as a radio officer on several ships.[1]

He was the son of British Colonial Police colonel William McCormack who was decorated with an MBE by the King for his work with prison reform and children's polio.[1]

After completing training in the Staffordshire County Police, the younger McCormack served as a Constable in Bermuda Police Force from 1955 to 1959.[2] [3] With another constable of the Bermuda Police, Rick Hodgson (who would go on to become a Superintendent in the Ontario Provincial Police), he had pulled over Jean Orilla Kernick, a Canadian employed as a bank teller by the Bank of Bermuda, who was riding a moped with a faulty light. The two married in 1958 at St. Theresa's cathedral in the City of Hamilton, with the reception held at Admiralty House, Bermuda (which had been pressed into use as accommodation for police officers, including McCormack, after the Commander-in-Chief of the America and West Indies Station had been abolished in 1956) and returned to Toronto with her in 1960.[4] [5] [1] before coming to Canada and joining the Metropolitan Toronto Police. Before becoming chief of police, he spent a number of years as a homicide detective in Toronto. Following his retirement, he detailed his experiences and some of his notable cases in a co-authored book.[6]

The couple had five children, four of whom later became police officers. Michael is the former president of the Toronto Police Association, leaving that position in 2020.,[7] Kathy is an OPP sergeant, and Jamie is a Toronto police detective. A son also named William resigned from his post as a plainclothes Toronto police officer in 2009 following an internal misconduct investigation;[8] criminal charges for soliciting and accepting bribes in that regard were subsequently stayed for 6 years of excessive delays by Crown prosecution, with the judge laying blame on the lead police investigator.[9] [10]

In 2007, he joined other former Toronto chiefs, including David Boothby, Jack Marks and Julian Fantino at a 50th anniversary celebration of the Toronto Police Service at the headquarters building.[11] [12] McCormack died on 8 September 2016 at the age of 83.[13] [14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: William J. "Bill" McCormack . Bermuda Ex Police Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20151113200759/http://www.expobermuda.com/index.php/tan/115-billmccormack . 13 November 2015 . live.
  2. News: Royal Gazette Staff . 1993-03-25 . Walking Toronto's thin blue line . The Royal Gazette . City of Hamilton, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda . 2024-07-20 .
  3. News: Staff . 1958-07-04 . Policeman Weds Bermuda Girls . 7 . City of Hamilton, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda . The best man was Mr. William J. McCormack. and the ushers were Messrs. Ian Ferguson, Barry Ward, Trevor Owen and Robert Curnow..
  4. News: . 1958-08-29 . Admiralty House Setting for Nuptial Party . 4 . The Royal Gazette . City of Hamilton, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda . The bride's parents are Mrs. Morley Jasper and the late Guy T. Kernick of Toronto. The groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. William McCormack of Naas, Ireland. The maid or honour was Miss Marion Jones, who is from Toronto. She wore ice-blue nylon embroidered with blue velvet roses and styled over blue taffeta. She wore a white picture hat and white accessories. The bridesmaids attending the bride were Mrs. Frank Robinson and Mrs. Roy Thomas, They wore gowns of white nylon embroidered with blue velvet roses and made over white taffeta. They, too, wore white accessories and picture hats. All attendants carried bouquets of white roses and leaves. Best man for the groom was Mr.Trevor Owen, and the ushers were Messrs. Frank Robinson, Barry Ward, John Logan, and John Joe Sheehy..
  5. News: . 1958-09-17 . . 4 . The Royal Gazette . City of Hamilton, Pembroke Parish, Bermuda . (caption of photograph) Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McCormack catting the cake after their wedding on August 28. The bride is the former Miss Jean Kernick. A report of the wedding has already appeared in The Royal Gazette..
  6. Book: McCormack, William . Bob Cooper . Life on Homicide: A Police Detective's Memoir . White Knight Publications . 2005 . 978-0-9734186-0-6.
  7. Web site: Toronto Police Association - Board of Directors . https://web.archive.org/web/20140415042312/http://www.tpa.ca/TPA/BoardOfDirectors.aspx . 15 April 2014 . 13 October 2010.
  8. News: Corruption probe: The cops . . 8 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130721040541/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/12/08/corruption_probe_the_cops.html . 21 July 2013 . 13 October 2010 . live.
  9. Web site: Charges against police officers stayed . 7 December 2009 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150513013710/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/12/07/charges_against_police_officers_stayed.html . 13 May 2015 . 13 November 2015 . live.
  10. Web site: Wiretaps in Toronto police corruption case released . 8 December 2009 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20151113205431/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wiretaps-in-toronto-police-corruption-case-released-1.828058 . 13 November 2015 . 13 November 2015 . live.
  11. Web site: Toronto Police Service - Inside the TPS . Toronto Police Service . 27 February 2009 . 13 October 2010.
  12. Web site: Toronto Police Service - History comes alive at police headquarters . Toronto Police Service . 16 January 2007 . 13 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611110434/http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/print.php?sid=2661 . 11 June 2011 .
  13. News: Former Toronto police chief Bill McCormack dies. September 8, 2016 . Rachael . D'Amore . Chris . Herhalt . CP24.com. September 2, 2021.
  14. Web site: William J. McCormack; February 21, 1933 – September 8, 2016 . Dignitymemorial.com . September 2, 2021.

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