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Part of Joe Saint fonds
Contains articles and clippings related to the buildings and architecture of Bradford West Gwillimbury, from L-Z
Joe Saint
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Chief can't sell furniture to town
- CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Police-2017-04-20-01
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- 1980-02-13
Part of Local History Collection
Article which mentions the police department's move to their new station at 45 Holland Street East. It also highlights town council expenditures.
Bradford Witness
- CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Police-2017-04-19-12
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- 1976-09-01
Part of Local History Collection
Article about the move to the new Bradford Police station at 1 Holland Street West. The Bradford Police Service moved from the town hall to this building in September, 1976.
Bradford Witness
Full time police, fire phone services start on Monday
- CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Police-2017-04-20-04
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- 1981-06-24
Part of Local History Collection
Article which mentions the police and fire departments' new dispatch service.
Bradford Witness
- CA BWGPL LHC-Her-LOCA
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- 2016
Part of Local History Collection
Contains information on the local heroes of Bradford and West Gwillimbury, including police, firefighters, paramedics, or prominent citizens with heroic actions.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
- CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Police-2017-04-19-12-2017-04-19-09
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- 1976-01-07
Part of Local History Collection
Article about the Bradford Police Department changing phone numbers. At this time, the Police Department was housed in the Town Hall. Later this same year, it moved to 1 Holland St. West.
Bradford Witness
Ont. Provincial Police Set Up New Detachment in Bradford
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- 1948-12-22
Part of Local History Collection
"A Headquarters Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, covering the southern part of No. 7 (Barrie) District, is to be located in Bradford, according to information given The Witness this week.
The new local police set-up is expected to go into effect January 1st, or as soon as convenient living quarters can be secured. The detachment will consist of five men, all of whom will reside in and work from Bradford.
The personnel of the detachment will comprise Provincial Constable D. Adair, now of Gravenhurst, Provincial Constables C. Kreuger and R. Murphy, now of Bond Head; Provincial Constable George Herries and Provincial Constable H. Sparling, both at present located here.
The town will continue to be policed by Provincial Constables Reg. Wilson and E. Morrison, who have been in charge here of late."
Bradford Witness
Police revert to former phone numbers
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- 1976-09-29
Part of Local History Collection
Article about the Bradford Police Department changing phone numbers. At this time, the Police Department was moving from the Town Hall to 1 Holland St. West.
Bradford Witness
Policing in Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Part of Local History Collection
Contains files and articles relating to the history of the Bradford Police Service and, after 1997 with the amalgamation with Innisfil's police force, the South Simcoe Police Service.
Police in Bradford history:
The Bradford Police Service was established in the early 1900s, though it only featured one Town Constable until it teamed up with the Ontario Provincial Police on January 1, 1949. These Provincial Constables lived in the area. By 1951, the OPP office was located at the corner of Holland Street and Barrie Street, and the Bradford Police in the Town Hall.
The Bradford Police moved into their new building at 1 Holland Street West, the former Canadian Bank of Commerce (where the jail cells were in the old bank vault) on September 25, 1976. They then moved in early 1980 to 45 Holland Street East, the building right to the west of the Town Hall and Courthouse.
In 1997, the Bradford Police Service and the Innisfil Police Service amalgamated into the South Simcoe Police, and the South Division (Bradford) branch was designated at their station house at 45 Holland St. East. The motion to amalgamate was first turned down in October of 1996 only to be revived by support from Mayor Frank Jonkman and other prominent citizens as a cost-saving method for the police forces. The Town Council voted in favour of the motion on November 12, 1996.
On April 15, 2005, when it was revealed that the new administrative building (where the current Leisure Centre and Library reside) would not be able to hold the police as well, a discussion began about a new building for the South Simcoe Police. It commenced construction in 2006. The South Simcoe Police began to move into their new South Division headquarters at 75 Melbourne Drive in February, 2008, with full services transferred over by August, and the old headquarters at 45 Holland St East was demolished on June 24-26, 2009. This is where the current South Simcoe Police reside.
In March of 2017, the issue surrounding the cost-saving methods of the amalgamation was brought up in Bradford West Gwillimbury town council again. Information is currently being gathered to see how cost-effective the South Simcoe Police service is run.
The new police building: it's bright and spacious
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- 1976-10-20
Part of Local History Collection
Photographs in the Bradford Witness on the new Bradford Police building at 1 Holland Street West. The Bradford Police Service moved from the town hall to this building in 1976.
Bradford Witness