Michael Joy
2006 Gallery of Distinction Inductee
One of the most decorated police officers in Canada, Michael Joy first served with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam before joining the Hamilton Police Service. He has saved or helped save the lives of eleven people, including two young women from an apartment fire, an 11 year-old girl who’d been caught in a conveyor belt, and he confronted a gunman while he himself was unarmed, so that he could save another man’s life. He has received numerous honours including the Governor General’s Medal of Bravery and Star of Courage, Canada’s second highest bravery award.
