1991: Some Context for Civilian Review of Policing

The appointment of Susan Eng to the Police Services Board, in the heat of the Junger Inquiry, coincided with the Jane Doe/Whitehead case coming to light in the media. Here are clippings about Eng's appointment.

• Lawyer Susan Eng expected to head police services board
  Toronto Star, March 23, 1991
  
• Politician mount anti-Eng campaign: Would-be head of police board called "anti-cop"
  Toronto Star, March 26, 1991
  
• Police morale may fall under Eng officer says
  Toronto Star, March 27, 1991
  
• Premier endorses Eng despite police furor
  Toronto Star, March 28, 1991
  
• Eng's challenge at police board
  Toronto Star, March 28, 1991
  
• Panel won't rubberstamp Eng's posting, Tonks says
  Toronto Star, March 28, 1991
  
• Eng reveals her plan to reform Metro police
  Toronto Star, March 30, 1991
  
• Policing on the firing line: Susan Eng set to launch police force revolution
  Toronto Star, May 15, 1991
  
• Eng takes over the helm of Metro police board
  Toronto Star, May 17, 1991
  

These clippings establish the political climate. There was an anti-Eng campaign on the part of some politicians (those same kind of politicians are still around). There was "unusual" hostility displayed towards Eng. Articles on Norm Gardner are quite different in tone. These clippings provide some details about Susan Eng and the kind of ripple effect her appointment had. Public perception eventually changed about Eng. In one article she was referred to as having lost "her nerve," but when she was appointed we expected a revolution.

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