Morley Lymburner
After starting out in the newspaper business Morley Lymburner took an 18-year break for a police career before coming back to the publishing business. After 25 years of police service with the Metropolitan Toronto Police he decided to dedicate himself full time to publishing and left active police work.
Blue Line was created by Morley after recognizing the need to supply the law enforcement community with up-to-date, single source, information regarding their profession. Morley saw a need to communicate this information nationally and without the multitude of hidden agendas that can colour the content of in-house management or labour publications.
During his career Morley was the recipient of two Commissioners awards for “highly intelligent police work” and received a “Police Officer of the Month Award” from the Toronto Board of Trade. In addition he was nominated as Police Officer of the Year (1979) by the Toronto Board of Trade. He is also a recipient of the Canadian Police Exemplary Service Medal (1991).
During Morley’s 25 years of police service he has gained considerable experience in a wide variety of police disciplines including, General Patrol, Traffic Services, and Criminal Investigations. He has worked with the Metro Toronto Police Fraud Squad, Business Systems Analysis Unit, Traffic Special Events, and Traffic Planning and Research. He has taken courses of study from the Ontario Police College, Toronto Police College, Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences, University of Waterloo, and the Canadian Police College. He has been a qualified Level III Accident Reconstructionist, Breathalyser Technician, and Senior Training Officer.
As the founder and publisher of Blue Line Magazine, Morley has developed a loyal readership that has grown from an initial run of 1,500 to the present circulation of 12,000 every month. His simple editorial philosophy of supplying material that will help officers in remote locations across Canada has proven successful. The content has appealed to law enforcement officers from all ranks and agency sizes.
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Publishers Commentary
Policing is the economic summit success story
by Morley Lymburner
I did not expect to write about the police handling of the economic summit. Upon viewing the event and listening over the months to all the preparations I was quite content that it was a textbook crowd control process, performed so well that nothing further needed to be said.
After talking to friends, family and other media people I realized that not everyone shares my opinion and are being fed considerable misinformation. So, here’s my opinion about that perfect storm and the perfect remedy supplied by a lot of dedicated people from