The Toronto Police Service (TPS) in Canada has honoured a Nigerian, Chidi Cadet Nwanyanwu, with a five-year award for more than five years of partnership with the TPS serving in the community.
Nwanyanwu received the award on Thursday when the Toronto Police Service honoured community volunteers for different years of service.
Confirming the receipt of the award on his Twitter handle, Nwanyanwu said, “Over 5yrs of partnership with Toronto Police Service as a member of The Chief Of Police Black Community Consultative Committee.
“It’s an honour serving with committed men and women of BCCC. This award is dedicated to my wife Erica @erybum for having my back as I offered my time.”
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is a municipal police force and the primary agency responsible for providing law enforcement and policing services in Toronto. Established in 1834, it was the first local police service created in North America and is one of the oldest police services in the English-speaking world.
It is the largest municipal police service in Canada, and third largest police force in Canada after the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
With a 2021 budget of $1.1 billion, the Toronto Police Service ranks as the second largest expense of the City of Toronto’s annual operating budget, after the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
