TORONTO - The longest-serving chief in the history of the modern Toronto Police Service has died at age 95.
James Page Mackey, who served as chief from 1958 to 1970, died Friday at his Bracebridge home.
Mackey was the second to lead the Toronto Police Department, then made up of 2,300 officers and civilians.
In January 2007, at the Service's 50th anniversary celebration, he said he was proud of the city's officers and that Toronto had been a policing leader since the time he was chief.
In 1985, the Toronto native released an autobiography, called I Policed Toronto, detailing his time as top cop.
Mackey originally joined the Toronto City Police in 1938, taking leave shortly after to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
His daughter, Diane Veater, says her father took his responsibility to police the city very seriously.
Mackey's wife, Anne, passed away three years ago after 69 years of marriage together.
