Support the Adamson Family

My name is Julie Adamson, I am the daughter of the late S/Sgt Edward Adamson. I have been a police officer with York Regional Police for almost 19 years. Most of you that are receiving this email either knew my father, know me, or know the story of how and why my father died. If you are unaware, or would like to know more, I would encourage you to read the article written by Mark Bonokoski - Justice At Last, that appeared in the Toronto Sun on January 25th, 2009.

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This article was written shortly after the WSIB made their decisive decision that my father died as a result of a work related injury, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If would care to contact me directly, I would welcome answering any questions that you may have. As a result of my father dying from a work related injury, I have, for the past 11 months, been attempting to have my father’s name added to the Toronto Police Service’s Memorial Wall. Historically, the wall has been reserved for those officers that made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their life in the line of duty. I am unaware of any officer’s name that has been honoured upon the wall that died as a result of a work related injury. However there is an officer’s name on the National wall that died as a result of a work related injury. At present, the Toronto Police Memorial Wall does not have any formal criteria in place to determine whether an officer who died as a result of a work related injury should have their name honoured upon it. I am not trying to suggest that my father died in the line of duty, but rather that he died as a result of a work related injury he suffered on March 14th, 1980 while serving as a Sergeant with the Emergency Task Force. Currently, Deputy Chief Federico, of the Toronto Police Service, has formed a committee composed of himself, the Toronto Police Association and other stakeholders including the Toronto Police Amateur Athletic Association and the Toronto Police Senior Officers Association. This committee has been directed to come up with criteria for the Memorial Wall in Toronto and decide on whether or not my father’s name should be added. I have had numerous people contact me upon hearing about what I am trying to accomplish and ask how they can help. I am asking that if you are in support of my father’s name being added to the Toronto Police Memorial Wall, please make your opinion known. Please copy and paste this email along with your thoughts, name and Police Service (optional) and send it to me at butterflygurl@rogers.com . I plan to present all the responses to the committee that is making the decision to determine whether my fathers name should be added to the wall. With that being said, please know that your comments will be read by the committee. Please feel free to forward this email to as many police officers and police services as possible. If you know of anyone that might be a police supporter that would care to support my cause, I would welcome their comments as well, so please spread the word. In closing, I understand the importance of remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice and the need for a Memorial Walls to distinguish their names as a tribute to their sacrifice. I am hoping that if I am successful in having a criteria written that would include police officer’s that die as a result of a work related injury, specifically, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, that no other family will have to fight the fight that I have had to endure with WSIB or the police service in which they served. Thank you for your time and consideration, Julie Adamson

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