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Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

Who was in the wrong?

  • Cop

    Votes: 23 20.7%
  • Dude who got shot

    Votes: 33 29.7%
  • I like turtles

    Votes: 55 49.5%

  • Total voters
    111
The 21 div I was referring to was in Cooksville, behind the Villa Tavern, beside the library... none of which is still there.
Sorry, after more than 50 years in Brampton hearing "21 Division" has a pretty specific connotation for me. As a kid my friends and I would collect stolen bikes, from the various creeks, and drop them off to the cops at 21.
 
At a certain point, it has nothing to do with punishment nor behaviour correction. It is just keeping them from hurting more people.
I think your point is lost in the way we look at crime and punishment.

The premise of 3-strikes in the US, if you’re not easily rehabilitated, or not willing, then the law protects society from you by locking you up.
 
Less than 10 yrs ago two 55 div uniforms went down on charges they took an aboriginal lad for a ride on the cherry beach express. Beat the crap out of him, almost killed him.
That song was so popular because it was VERY close to true. I've fallen down the stairs at 21 div Peel a couple of times, and it's true a phone book to the head doesn't leave marks.
It was a much different time... MUCH different, and the cops don't like the change. NOW they have to do their job and investigate crime... NOT just take the person that we ALL knew did the crime, and beat a confession out of them.
Problem IS, for the most part it worked... but infringed on the "perp's" rights. We can't do that anymore (we "couldn't" do it THEN either, but we put up with it). Knowing who did the crime is usually pretty easy, PROVING someone did a crime is HARD... so instead of doing the work to prove the crime, they just beat a confession out of a "rounder".
Worked for everyone EXCEPT the rounder... yeah I used to be a "rounder" (the police definition of a rounder is a little different from the oxford dictionary). Cops aren't as stupid as we all think they are... they, like all humans, are lazy and will take the easy route when we let them.
We HAVE come a long way, or those two uniforms wouldn't have been charged, they would have got away with it in the '70s... we just haven't come far enough yet
While I agree that seasoned cops can stitch events together on a lot of the dirtbags they arrest, occasionally they get it wrong

25 years ago my neighbours schizophrenic wife attempted suicide. The husband and I found and saved her. She freaked and called 911.

The cops found he bloodied and bruised from the belt she strapped around her neck. They took my neighbour for an elevator ride and beat him senseless, then let him go. They took the gal to hospital.

I’m sure 99% of the times a gal calls in, she’s been abused. But what happens to the 1% who are lying if police get to mete out justice?
 
I think your point is lost in the way we look at crime and punishment.

The premise of 3-strikes in the US, if you’re not easily rehabilitated, or not willing, then the law protects society from you by locking you up.
The effectiveness of the 3 strike rule is a interesting subject to look into.
I completely support it for dirty politicians and public officials not for common folk tho.
 
The effectiveness of the 3 strike rule is a interesting subject to look into.
I completely support it for dirty politicians and public officials not for common folk tho.
We are too governed by the three strike mentality. If someone runs a red light and rams the side of you, you don't get up, brush yourself off, right your bike and do a replay. Same with falling of a ladder, touching the wrong wire, walking on thin ice. Life isn't baseball.

Why is crime and punishment different?

Is your victim less dead or less traumatized if it's your first offence?

Every time you let someone get away with something "For the last time" they get one more opportunity to do it again.

That said, I'm not for the American brutality system.
 
Not often. Homolka didn't get it but Bernardo did.

And Magnotta. Yet they're both in minimum security now. Go figure. Probably be out on bail while under appeal if it weren't for the dangerous offender designation.
 
And Magnotta. Yet they're both in minimum security now. Go figure. Probably be out on bail while under appeal if it weren't for the dangerous offender designation.
The parole board can still find that they have been "reformed" and consider them for release.
 
We've had this incident before in this thread. TPS inspector who bailed out her possible DUI nephew at a crash site has been found guilty of misconduct. Union respects the process but is whining about how the discipline process is so heavily weighted against their members. Umm, when was the last time a dirtbag cop was fired? She interfered with a police investigation to protect a family member from criminal charges. The only suitable outcome for the public is immediate dismissal with cause. I give that a zero percent chance of happening. I suspect a one-level demotion for a few months and continue on with career as normal.

 
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TPS, Douggie and others are all banding behind the cop. Respect the officers, she was baited and harassed etc. How about, "Nobody is above the law. The cops in this case will be disciplined and we have issued a directive that when not on official duties, police officers and vehicles can only park in legal parking spots as is the law for every other driver in the city. Failure to comply will result in officers receiving the same ticket as any other driver as well as a misconduct hearing."

 
TPS, Douggie and others are all banding behind the cop. Respect the officers, she was baited and harassed etc. How about, "Nobody is above the law. The cops in this case will be disciplined and we have issued a directive that when not on official duties, police officers and vehicles can only park in legal parking spots as is the law for every other driver in the city. Failure to comply will result in officers receiving the same ticket as any other driver as well as a misconduct hearing."

Citizens tend to show a lot more respect when officers don't give "Do as I say, not as I do" energy. Also, they are not supposed to react to such provocation.
 
Citizens tend to show a lot more respect when officers don't give "Do as I say, not as I do" energy. Also, they are not supposed to react to such provocation.
I think the cop was given the appropriate amount of respect in this case. The citizen reflected the disdain they were presented with. Cop needs de-escalation, confrontation and mental health training as well as a refresher in the law and who it applies to.
 
TPS, Douggie and others are all banding behind the cop. Respect the officers, she was baited and harassed etc. How about, "Nobody is above the law. The cops in this case will be disciplined and we have issued a directive that when not on official duties, police officers and vehicles can only park in legal parking spots as is the law for every other driver in the city. Failure to comply will result in officers receiving the same ticket as any other driver as well as a misconduct hearing."

The person who recorded it was on news talk 1010 this morning.
Apparently this “peeved citizen” is a former TPS officer of 24 years. He had a very different side of the story.
This is going to get fun.
 

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