Honour Roll

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We offer our profound gratitude and respect to those officers who paid life's highest price to fulfill the Service's Motto
"To Serve and Protect"

photo of Joseph Robert Battersby Acting Sergeant
Joseph Robert Battersby
On June 22, 1951, Acting Sergeant Joseph Robert Battersby died after being electrocuted while investigating fallen hydro wires.
Name: Joseph Robert Battersby
Badge: 860
Service: Toronto City Police
Rank: Acting Sergeant
Date of Birth: April 12, 1905
Age: 46
Length of Service: 23 years
Date of Death: June 22, 1951
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