The Junger/Whitehead Inquiry
Toronto, Ontario, 1990 - 1998

"Who would you believe, a police chief or a prostitute?"
– Metro Police Chief William McCormack

In 1989, Constable Gordon Junger signed a secret deal in which he agreed to resign in order to avoid prosecution for running an escort service. The story came to light when his former girlfriend approached the Toronto Star in an attempt to have audio tapes of phone conversations with Junger returned to her from the internal affairs unit of the Metro Toronto Police force.

As a result of the pressure from the Star's daily stories on the scandal, the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services, which oversees policing in Ontario, launched an inquiry. The Report of an Inquiry into Administration of Internal Investigations by the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force was released August of 1992.

1990: The Junger Affair

• Morality officer ran sex-for-pay service
  Toronto Star, April 7, 1990
• Facts of police sex scandal demanded
  Toronto Star, April 8, 1990
• Police board's memories vary on escort case
  Toronto Star, April 11, 1990
• Commission urged to explain why officer allowed to resign
  Toronto Star, April 11, 1990
• Chief promised no charges if officer quit
  Toronto Star, April 12, 1990
• Call girl says sex case facts ignored
  Toronto Star, April 14, 1990
• Ontario body to study police sex probe
  Toronto Star, April 18, 1990
• Chief irate over publicity in escort case
  Toronto Star, April 18, 1990
• The escort affair
  Toronto Star, April 19, 1990
• Watchdog to review "tempest in teapot"
  Toronto Star, April 19, 1990
• Watchdog yanked from escort probe
  Toronto Star, April 20, 1990
• Police panel defers decision on public inquiry
  Toronto Star, May 13, 1990
• Public inquiry launched into Metro police force
  Toronto Star, May 24, 1990
• A welcome inquiry (Editorial)
  Toronto Star, May 24, 1990
• Ex-call girl wants province to fund lawyer for inquiry
  Toronto Star, October 16, 1990

1991: The Junger Affair

• More goods on Gord
  Stiletto, February, 1991, Vol. 2, Iss. 1
• Officer in sex-for-pay scandal should be rehired, board told
  Toronto Star, February 26, 1991
• Police didn't tell crown of Junger deal, probe told
  Toronto Star, February 27, 1991
• Officer taped in sex 'sting', probe told
  Toronto Star, March 1, 1991
• Rowlands says board didn't try to see deal in sex-for-pay case
  Toronto Star, March 2, 1991
• Police inquiry raises thorny questions
  Toronto Star, March 3, 1991
• Eng reveals her plan to reform Metro police
  Toronto Star, March 30, 1991
• Booze kept in police car, probe told
  Toronto Star, May 15, 1991
• Constable offers sex for $200 in video seen at police probe
  Toronto Star, May 16, 1991
• Junger resignation a "game," inquiry told
  Toronto Star, June 11, 1991
• Junger got paid "dearly" for sex, ex-call girl says
  Toronto Star, June 13, 1991
• Inquiry hears Junger's version of sex-sale tale
  Toronto Star, June 14, 1991
• Sold sex only once, Junger says: Ex-officer agreed to escort service to "appease" pregnant girlfriend
  Toronto Star, June 14, 1991
• "Who Would You Believe, A Police Chief Or A Prostitute?" (Chronology of the Junger/Whitehead Affair)
  Maggie's Zine, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1991

1991: The Whitehead Affair

• Officer keeps job despite guilty plea
  Globe and Mail, March 20, 1991
• Sergeant demoted over forced sex
  Toronto Star, March 21, 1991
• A disturbing case
  Toronto Star, March 22, 1991
• Officer may be charged for using badge to get sex
  Toronto Star, May 17, 1991
• Inquiry probes officer's arrest: Justice of the peace not notified, police report not written
  Toronto Star, August 27, 1991
• Police said officer faced firing probe told
  Toronto Star, August 28, 1991
• Witness in tears after name revealed at inquiry
  Toronto Star, August 29, 1991
• Crown advised Doe case "weak"
  Toronto Sun, August 29, 1991
• Victim's complaints bizarre, inquiry told
  Toronto Star, August 30, 1991
• Detective thought woman was lying, inquiry told
  Toronto Star, August 31, 1991
• Prostitutes say officer extorting sex, probe told
  Toronto Star, Date ?, 1991
• Officer stunned by arrest, probe told
  Toronto Star, October 29, 1991
• Charging police officers too risky for prostitutes: Rights groups says sex extortion by officers not at all uncommon
  NOW Magazine, Oct. 31 - Nov. 6, 1991

1991: Public Complaints Files

• Inquiry seals file of complaints against police
  Toronto Star, May 14, 1991
• 138 complaints about police not passed on, inquiry told
  Toronto Star, May 18, 1991
• Police worry complaints may leak out inquiry told
  Toronto Star, August 23, 1991
• 192 police files demanded, probe told
  Toronto Star, August 28, 1991
• Watchdog entitled to complaints files Eng concedes
  Toronto Star, August 30, 1991
• Hand over the files
  Toronto Star, August 30, 1991
• Public complaints body to be given police files
  Toronto Star, September 6, 1991

1992: Jane Doe

• Sexual Theft: Jane Doe's Story - Defying Metro police sergeant's forceful favours has cost her more than she ever imagined
  NOW Magazine, January 30 - February 5, 1992
• Ex-hooker dismayed cop who extorted sex still on police force
  Toronto Star, September 4, 1992
• The case of Jane Doe (Editorial)
  Toronto Star, September 8, 1992

1992: Response to the Inquiry Findings

• Junger deal wrong, probe finds
  Toronto Star, August 27, 1992
• Junger inquiry: Resignation pact "highly improper"
  Toronto Star, August 27, 1992
• Police sting on constable led to scandal
  Toronto Star,August 27, 1992
• Inquiry flays police integrity: 'Serious mismanagement' shown in misconduct cases, report says
  Globe and Mail,August 28, 1992
• No more "Junger deals," police told
  Toronto Star,August 28, 1992
• Rowlands criticizes findings as unfair
  Toronto Star, August 28, 1992
• 'Kept woman' claims vindication three years after going to police
  Toronto Star, August 28, 1992
• An indictment of Metro police (Editorial)
  Toronto Star, August 28, 1992
• Probe slammed: Eng rips secret deal with ex-cop
  Toronto Sun, August 28, 1992
• Junger panel lays it on the line
  Toronto Sun, August 28, 1992
• Junger's ex likes result of inquiry
  Toronto Sun, August 28, 1992
• Shameless!: Cops don't flinch at Junger report
  Toronto Sun, August 29, 1992
• The chief still doesn't get it
  Toronto Star, August 29, 1992
• Eng backs police chief in wake of scathing report
  Toronto Star, August 29, 1992
• Junger longs for his "ordeal" to end
  Toronto Star, August 29, 1992
• Toronto's affair with pal Gordie has just started
  Toronto Star, August 31, 1992
• It's time for change in policing police
  Toronto Star, September 2, 1992
• Will police board now get tough? (Editorial)
  Toronto Star, September 4, 1992

1993: Jane Doe

• Internal police tribunals still unfair to women
  Toronto Star, January 15, 1993
• Justice Shelved: Police inquiry betrays victims sex assault victim says system failed
  NOW Magazine, April 29 - May 5, 1993

1993: Failed Implementation of the Report

• Police board may discipline Chief McCormack
  Toronto Star, February 24, 1993
• Police chief disciplined in Whitehead, Junger cases
  Toronto Star, February 26, 1993
• Private censure of chief criticized
  Toronto Star, February 27, 1993
• Civilian body's Junger review set to let chief off the hook McCormack unlikely to face discipline hearing for his role
  NOW Magazine, April 22-28, 1993
• End police 'military' discipline Eng says
  Toronto Star, May 9, 1993
• Eng's legalese fails to mask lack of action
  Toronto Star, May 10, 1993
• MPPs hear blistering attack on police herarchy
  Toronto Star, May ?, 1993
• Police board apologizes for handling of inquiries
  Toronto Star, July 9, 1993

1993: Admonished Officers Promoted

• Chief elevates another player in shameful affair
  Toronto Star, September 8, 1993
• Officer's appointment "temporary," chief says
  Toronto Star, September 10, 1993
• Radiant glare of badge, halo is just blinding
  Toronto Star, September 10, 1993
• McCormack's move, Editorial
  Toronto Star, September 13, 1993

1994: Chief Resigns with Dubious Record

• The departure of Chief McCormack
  Toronto Star, August 11, 1994

1996: Jane Doe Dies

• Let's not forget this anonymous fighter for justice
  Toronto Star, October 26, 1996
• One rape victim's long fight to prove police negligence
  Toronto Star, December 13, 1996

1997: New Recommendations Echo Junger/Whitehead Inquiry Report

• Change urged in police discipline
  Toronto Star, August 19, 1997

1998: Jane Doe

• Police owe explanation on Jane Doe
  Toronto Star, July 12, 1998
• Memo to police: Let there be no more Jane Does
  Toronto Star, July 13, 1998