i wonder if this has something to do with the highpark ordeal?
No.
They will all be cleared of that. She went off on her own.. There was no one else on the balcony at the time.
i wonder if this has something to do with the highpark ordeal?
No.
They will all be cleared of that. She went off on her own.. There was no one else on the balcony at the time.
What kind of drone costs 65k CAD?
Damn..
What kind of drone costs 65k CAD?
Damn..
I don't know if the helicopter hit the drone or vice-versa, nor how fast each was going. For all we know, the helicopter could have sucked the drone down. Even if the drone tried to get away, you have a few electric motors trying to fight thousands of horsepower worth of moving air.i thought the drones have build in capability to auto maneuver to clear obstacles
I don't think policing in most parts of Canada would be considered a dangerous job in terms of loss and injury - in fact almost every job in construction, mining, fishing and transportation are significantly more dangerous than policing.my thoughts are they are gonna go to far the other way and start endangering police lives, so if that happens the police will be more triggered
I don't think policing in most parts of Canada would be considered a dangerous job in terms of loss and injury - in fact almost every job in construction, mining, fishing and transportation are significantly more dangerous than policing.
If you look at 1 factor, homicide, then it is at the top of the list for danger, but that's just one risk factor and even though it's high relative to other jobs -- when you're killed by a job risk is the cause of death all that material in evaluating risk?
GTA Police salaries have become a game of 1 upmanship. Eveytime one of them renegotiates up the rest follow suit.Most areas you could be right, it's only a few specific regions where all the gangs and shootings occur. But Police, Fire and EMS get danger pay because there are inherent risks that they MUST face. All of those other jobs, there are measures and controls in place or if you feel your safety is at risk, you can legally refuse the work without facing repercussions. As an emergency responder, you cannot refuse to work because there your life is at risk, it's part of the job.
Not to mention it isn't just the violence and physical danger but there is a mental strain as well.
None of these jobs are for the faint of heart due to the things you see/smell and the people you encounter.
edit: with all that said, I still think the average salary for police in the GTA is higher than it should be.
IIRC OPP contract is along the lines of they are the highest paid police in the province by x% or they get the max raise a police force in the province got. They don't need to go on strike because their contract means they get the best anyone else was able to fight for.GTA Police salaries have become a game of 1 upmanship. Eveytime one of them renegotiates up the rest follow suit.
I believe EMS can actually refuse to work in danger situations. E.g. areas of violence not cleared by police.
Nah can't have civilians waving tasers around. Thats a whole nother level of liability, training and responsibility.IIRC OPP contract is along the lines of they are the highest paid police in the province by x% or they get the max raise a police force in the province got. They don't need to go on strike because their contract means they get the best anyone else was able to fight for.
EMS can refuse to go into a dangerous situation on paper. I have paramedic friends. It is sad. They are truly caring and want to help but are in a rural area. Do you leave the patient for 20 minutes until help may arrive but the patient may be irreparably harmed? Their bosses come down on them hard (unofficially) if they refuse to treat upon arrival because they don't feel safe. They have been attacked with knives while trying to help people. It is really a crap situation. I see very little reason that paramedics shouldn't at least be equipped with tasers and cuffs. At least they are in a better position to help the idiot that needed tased.
The root cause is every cop costs the system ~140K to 200K per year so their aren't very many working at any one time.Nah can't have civilians waving tasers around. Thats a whole nother level of liability, training and responsibility.
The police have a job, let them do it. If EMS is finding itself in dangerous situations with no police back up then perhaps the root cause should be identified and addressed
Thats a fairly big fire from the hip assessment. Wheres the data?The root cause is every cop costs the system ~140K to 200K per year so their aren't very many working at any one time.
The 140 to 200 is data from VPD and Toronto (average of total employees used, officers are probably higher than the average). I cited the sources before. Based on discussions with people high in TPS and rural paramedics, there are not many officers working (especially at night, TPS is at ~two officers in many districts). The number of police working is like the Covid hospital problem. Things work well if you only need one or two concurrently, as soon as you need three (or N+1 more generally), it all goes to hell. Police budgets are ~20% of most property tax bills (Toronto, york, simcoe I have looked at before). So if you want more police out to push N+1 higher so you are less likely to bump into it (instead of hitting it almost every shift), you either need to increase the budget or reduce the cost per officer.Thats a fairly big fire from the hip assessment. Wheres the data?
We'd need to see how many ems violence related calls come in a year and the response of police to those.The 140 to 200 is data from VPD and Toronto (average of total employees used, officers are probably higher than the average). I cited the sources before. Based on discussions with people high in TPS and rural paramedics, there are not many officers working (especially at night, TPS is at ~two officers in many districts). The number of police working is like the Covid hospital problem. Things work well if you only need one or two concurrently, as soon as you need three (or N+1 more generally), it all goes to hell. Police budgets are ~20% of most property tax bills (Toronto, york, simcoe I have looked at before). So if you want more police out to push N+1 higher so you are less likely to bump into it (instead of hitting it almost every shift), you either need to increase the budget or reduce the cost per officer.