Lights, Camera… Law Enforcement
This 1988 film stars Bruce Willis as NYPD officer John McClane, who takes on terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper.
What is Die Hard?
This Hebrew word meaning “repairing the world” is often used to describe social justice and community work.
What is tikkun olam?
In the early 20th century, most Jewish immigrants to Toronto first settled in this downtown neighbourhood, known for its Yiddish theatres, and synagogues.
What is Kensington Market?
This Toronto neighbourhood has a literal castle, built by Sir Henry Pellatt, which is now a major tourist attraction
What is Casa Loma?
This major highway running through York Region is one of Canada’s busiest — and often a regular patrol route for YRP units.
What is Highway 7?
Sandra Bullock plays an undercover FBI agent posing as a beauty pageant contestant in this 2000 action-comedy.
What is Miss Congeniality?
Jewish weddings traditionally feature this loud moment, symbolizing both joy and the destruction of the Temple.
What is breaking the glass?
This major downtown street was once the heart of Jewish Toronto, lined with delis, bakeries, and Yiddish signage until the community moved north.
What is Spadina Avenue?
Toronto’s PATH system is the largest underground shopping complex in the world, stretching approximately this many kilometres.
What is 30 km?
York Regional Police’s official motto, displayed on vehicles and crest banners, is this two-word phrase that reflects the region’s heritage.
What is Deeds Speak?
This British comedy film features Simon Pegg as an overachieving London cop transferred to a suspiciously crime-free country village.
What is Hot Fuzz?
This Jewish philosopher and Torah commentator is known by an acronym meaning “Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki.”
Who is Rashi?
This historic Toronto shul, built in 1937 and still operating today, is one of the last surviving synagogues from the old downtown Jewish community.
What is the Kiever Synagogue?
This Toronto festival shuts down Lake Shore for a massive Caribbean street celebration every summer.
What is the Toronto Caribbean Carnival? Aka Caribana
At the centre of the YRP crest is a shield divided into four sections. One section features a golden sheaf of wheat, representing this aspect of York Region’s heritage.
What is its agricultural history?
This 1990s TV series followed detectives Briscoe and Logan of the NYPD, pairing police investigations with courtroom drama.
What is Law & Order?
Jews around the world read the same weekly Torah portion, called by this name meaning “portion” or “section.”
What is a parashah (or parsha)?
This Toronto synagogue, founded in 1912 and originally located on Bellevue Avenue, moved north with the Jewish community.
What is Beth Tzedec (originally Beth Tzedek/Beth Midrash Hagadol)?
This iconic Toronto music venue hosted acts like The Police, The Ramones, and U2 long before they were famous.
What is The Horseshoe Tavern?
This major YRP investigation into organized crime in the early 2020s resulted in multiple arrests and widespread media coverage.
What is Project Sindacato?
In Training Day (2001), Denzel Washington won an Oscar for playing this corrupt LAPD narcotics officer.
Who is Alonzo Harris?
This mystical tradition, rooted in texts like the Zohar, explores the secrets of divine reality and the spiritual structure of the universe.
What is Kabbalah?
This cemetery, founded in 1890 near Jones Ave. in the east end, is Toronto’s oldest Jewish burial ground.
What is Pape Avenue Cemetery?
The Gardiner expressway is technically named after this person — though almost no Torontonian uses the full name.
Who is Frederick G. Gardiner?
Name any three Chiefs who have led York Regional Police.
Who are Jim McSween, Eric Jolliffe, Armand La Barge, Robert Middaugh, Julian Fantino, Peter Scott, Bryan Cousineau, Donald Hillock and Bruce Allan Crawford?