A softly lit section of wall in the Toronto Police Headquarters Grenville Street Lobby, bears a large bronze plaque on which is inscribed the names of this Service's honoured fallen officers. This tribute to the men who have died in the line of duty is a permanent reminder of their supreme sacrifice to the many who pass by each day. On Tuesday June 22nd, 1999, a special ceremony took place at the C.O. Bick Police College, where a new initiative was launched to heighten the police and public awareness of the dedicated service and subsequent loss of each of these officers.

Since the formation of The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force in 1957, twenty- three officers who served in a total of thirteen units across the city have lost their lives in the line of duty. To further honour these men, special Toronto Police Service decals have been placed on the windshield of all our marked police vehicles. Inscribed on each decal is the name of officers who were killed while serving in the particular unit to which that vehicle is assigned. These decals will in spirit, bring these men back to the communities for whom they gave their lives.

Chief David Boothby, who initiated the Decal Tribute Program, officiated at this moving ceremony, accompanied by Police Services Board Chairman Norm Gardner. Many of the Command Officers, Senior Officers, as well as uniform and non-uniform personnel joined the fallen officers' families to witness the unveiling of this program. Each of the honoured officers' families received a plaque on which was mounted the particular decal commemorating their loved one.

Our fallen are heroes in life, not death, and will not be forgotten.