Friday, May 18, 2007

Police evesdropped on chair of review board

A Toronto police operation that saw undercover officers eavesdrop on the chair of the police service’s own civilian oversight body - and prompted the police board to order an investigation yesterday - was the culmination of more than a decade of police surveillance targeting gay political activists.

In an internal police report, a Toronto undercover officer describes spying on gay activists George Hislop - who was at the time running for Toronto City Council - and Peter Maloney, tailing them to a conference in Calgary in 1980 and later resuming surveillance of Mr. Maloney in 1991.

“The big issue now is … who else [did they have under surveillance],”

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