John Wesley Ackroyd was a prominent Canadian Chief of Police and high level Ontario civil servant.
14 Facts About Jack Ackroyd
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Jack Ackroyd served as the chief of the Metro Toronto Police Force from 1980 to 1984.
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Jack Ackroyd joined the Toronto Police Department as a cadet, in 1941.
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Jack Ackroyd rose through the ranks and by the mid 1970s, he was a deputy police chief.
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Jack Ackroyd will be remembered for this major innovation and for the following dark incidents that occurred on his watch.
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The crisis was more political than real; nevertheless, under pressure from Toronto mayor David Crombie, Jack Ackroyd had to plan and implement a neighbourhood sweep on the scale of the 1968 Yorkville sweep.
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Jack Ackroyd became the Metro Force's Chief of Police in 1980 following the tenure of Harold Adamson.
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Jack Ackroyd's career was an interesting dichotomy of progressive reform with the community-based policing approach, as well as accusations that the police force became an instrument for political advantage as seen in his handling of the policing of the Gay community.
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At the age of 58, Jack Ackroyd made a career change: he became an Ontario Civil Servant, by accepting the position of vice-chairman of the LCBO.
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Jack Ackroyd made the visibility of the higher quality Vintages stores more known and important.
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Jack Ackroyd made sure his policing legacy would endure by donating the funds for an "academic excellence in police related studies" prize, administered by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Research Foundation.
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Jack Ackroyd spent many months confined to a hospital bed due to a blood illness.
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Jack Ackroyd died in the early morning hours of September 30,1992 at Toronto General Hospital from long-term complications due to the blood disorder.
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Jack Ackroyd's funeral was held on October 3,1992, at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, a house of worship accustomed to holding the city's notable funeral services.