Happy 95th birthday to retired Staff Supt. Jack Reid, who joined the City of Toronto Police Department at the age of 16.
He then joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943, and took part in the Battle of the Atlantic in the North Atlantic Fleet in WW11, where he served as a depth charge operator on the HMCS Longuell.
Reid participated in numerous convoys of military and supply ships making the treacherous journey across the north Atlantic.
After the end of the war, and on one of the last convoys across the Atlantic, he returned home and resumed his role as a police officer, where he served for many decades until retiring.
He was active in the Toronto Military Police Veterans Association, in which he served as a former president.
Reid has had a successful career and made many significant contributions to the force along the way.
Still very active, he attends the Toronto Police Remembrance Day ceremony every November and is an inspiration to many on the force.