Talk:Toronto Police Service
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[edit] Assessment
The good content in the top half of the article holds it in the B class, however it misses some points that B class articles should have. I feel that some sections below 'Workforce' need expansion, and this article REALLY needs a reference section chock full of references before going beyond B class, before even considering GA or A or beyond.
That aside, it is shaping up to be a good article, has a good number of pictures and covers all the bases (albeit some not covered quite enough). The project will keep an eye on this one.--SGGH 15:18, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Featured Article?
I'm just checking out some city police department articles and thought I'd leave some feedback on this one. I did a little tweaking here, hopefully making it read better. I also removed this statement: "until the early 20th Century when crime fighting became the primary function of the department." From my reading, crime fighting has never been the primary function of any police department and that that is simply a (very pervasive) myth. If my sources are wrong, please use a citation when sticking that back in. Some general comments on this article:
- over all, it looks pretty good, and could perhaps be a featured article at some point. I've not got a lot of time, but will try to get around to improvements if I can. If someone else wants to jump in, here's some suggestions.
- right now, the history section overwhelms the article. It's a fascinating history, so instead of chopping it down, make it a seperate article and summarize that for the main TPS article.
- History section reads well and is engaging, but needs more sources besides Vronsky's stuff. There's quite a bit out there in hard copies if anyone wants to do some leg work. Greg Marquis in particular has written a wheelbarrow full of material, including his PhD thesis. Right now, it's more of a book report, and I think any interested reader would be more likely to just stay on Vronsky's site if they were interested in reading about this history. Some subheadings would also help the history section.
- More photos. Surely someone living in TO coud snap some of the coppers with a digital camera.
- I'd suggest working on some of this and then submitting it to the Wiki-ocracy for feedback on how else to get it to feature-status material.
There's my 2 cents. Hopefully someone else will jump in so this won't just be a 'note to self.'Bobanny 18:22, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Drug squad investigation?
Some mention of the Toronto PD Drug Squad investigation might be worthwhile. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 20:22, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Organization
Revamped the Organization part and added both Detective, Operational and Community Mobilization Services. - Comm, 11 June 2008. 4:52 p.m.
