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Mark Saunders was appointed Chief of the Toronto Police
Service in 2015. During a career spanning more than 32
years, he gained extensive investigative experience in the
Urban Street Gang Unit, Drug Squad, Community Safety
Command and many other units.
Chief Saunders collaborated with Zainab Alavi, Elisha
Polwattage Peiris, and Jamilah Reeves—three Youth in
Policing summer students—to create his brain sculpture
and show awareness of what is truly within Toronto. The frontal lobe represents
movement within Toronto, which was captured through the TTC subway line. The
parietal lobe shows communities. The temporal lobe represents memories that are
created through city attractions. The occipital lobe represents multiculturalism, and
the cerebral cortex represents consciousness which is depicted through different
mental health disorders.
OUR TORONTO
BY CHIEF OF POLICE MARK SAUNDERS
IN COLLABORATION WITH: ZAINAB ALAVI, ELISHA POLWATTAGE PEIRIS,
JAMILAH REEVES
