Keith Merith, who rose through the ranks of the York Regional Police, writes about the racism and other challenges he faced, and how he fought to change the system. As recounted in this excerpt from “A Darker Shade of Blue: A Police Officer’s Memoir,” his law enforcement career had an inauspicious beginning.
In 1980, I graduated from Humber College Institute with a diploma in Law and Security Administration along with an Advanced Police certificate. I felt I was ready to meet the challenge of becoming a police officer. I set about putting in my application to the Peel Regional Police.
The graduating photo of Keith Merith from Ontario Police College, 1987.
Retired York Regional Police officer Keith Merith’s memoir is full of harrowing stories but also hope.