[2] He attended St. Michael’s College School, graduating in 1985, before completing a bachelor’s degree in political science and criminology at the University of Toronto in 1989.

[3] Five years into his career in 1995, Demkiw was nearly killed while working in plain clothes by a man who attempted to shoot him with a handgun.

[3] Councillor Kyle Rae accused the TPS of trying to ogle naked women, and was sued by Demkiw and six fellow officers for defamation.

[6][3] As part of a human rights settlement from that raid in 2004, the Toronto Police Service enhanced efforts to recruit gay officers, adopt a gender-sensitive policy and paid $350,000 to the complainants.

[3][4] In the wake of the Bruce McArthur serial homicides case, he oversaw the creation of the Missing Persons Unit.