DownUnder
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I'm not surprised, 5-6yrs ago at the peak of the home invasion break and enters, it was groups of young south Americans here on tourist visas doing the crimes, cops would catch them and deport them but couldn't keep up.
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I'm not surprised, 5-6yrs ago at the peak of the home invasion break and enters, it was groups of young south Americans here on tourist visas doing the crimes, cops would catch them and deport them but couldn't keep up.
TPS doesn't take stolen cars lightly and they respond as quickly as possible but that may be days so stop whining about it. Great.
toronto.citynews.ca
"“There was a pile of glass on the driveway, and my vehicle was gone,” he said.
Orlando reported it to the police who allegedly responded to the home five hours later.
“Their only advice was to try and find ways to track it down; one suggestion was to download Sirius Radio, which could locate it, which I did,” he said.
Orlando then realized he could use the Acura mobile app, which showed the vehicle was in a parking lot in Etobicoke.
“We called the police to let them know we had located it. I had friends who lived nearby wait by the vehicle until we got there,” he explained.
He and his partner, Jake Windsor, made it to the location at 2 p.m. that same day.
“To our surprise, no one showed up,” Orlando said. “We waited out here in the parking lot until about 10 p.m. It was getting kind of dark and sketchy.”
“Throughout the day, police in 22 Division were responding to 14 ‘Priority 1’ and 31 ‘Priority 2’ calls (our highest priority calls), including assaults, a stabbing, multiple calls for people in crisis, and numerous break and enters in progress,” the TPS spokesperson said.
“[TPS] does not take vehicle thefts lightly, and we do send officers as quickly as we can to recover stolen vehicles; however, calls involving public safety always take priority.”"
Toronto couple recovers stolen vehicle on their own
Speakers Corner reached out to the Toronto Police Service (TPS), and a spokesperson told us there was a reason for the delay.
toronto.citynews.ca
"“There was a pile of glass on the driveway, and my vehicle was gone,” he said.
Orlando reported it to the police who allegedly responded to the home five hours later.
“Their only advice was to try and find ways to track it down; one suggestion was to download Sirius Radio, which could locate it, which I did,” he said.
Orlando then realized he could use the Acura mobile app, which showed the vehicle was in a parking lot in Etobicoke.
“We called the police to let them know we had located it. I had friends who lived nearby wait by the vehicle until we got there,” he explained.
He and his partner, Jake Windsor, made it to the location at 2 p.m. that same day.
“To our surprise, no one showed up,” Orlando said. “We waited out here in the parking lot until about 10 p.m. It was getting kind of dark and sketchy.”
“Throughout the day, police in 22 Division were responding to 14 ‘Priority 1’ and 31 ‘Priority 2’ calls (our highest priority calls), including assaults, a stabbing, multiple calls for people in crisis, and numerous break and enters in progress,” the TPS spokesperson said.
“[TPS] does not take vehicle thefts lightly, and we do send officers as quickly as we can to recover stolen vehicles; however, calls involving public safety always take priority.”"
I would have been afraid someone was inside it with a gun when I calledTPS doesn't take stolen cars lightly and they respond as quickly as possible but that may be days so stop whining about it. Great.
Toronto couple recovers stolen vehicle on their own
Speakers Corner reached out to the Toronto Police Service (TPS), and a spokesperson told us there was a reason for the delay.
"“There was a pile of glass on the driveway, and my vehicle was gone,” he said.
Orlando reported it to the police who allegedly responded to the home five hours later.
“Their only advice was to try and find ways to track it down; one suggestion was to download Sirius Radio, which could locate it, which I did,” he said.
Orlando then realized he could use the Acura mobile app, which showed the vehicle was in a parking lot in Etobicoke.
“We called the police to let them know we had located it. I had friends who lived nearby wait by the vehicle until we got there,” he explained.
He and his partner, Jake Windsor, made it to the location at 2 p.m. that same day.
“To our surprise, no one showed up,” Orlando said. “We waited out here in the parking lot until about 10 p.m. It was getting kind of dark and sketchy.”
“Throughout the day, police in 22 Division were responding to 14 ‘Priority 1’ and 31 ‘Priority 2’ calls (our highest priority calls), including assaults, a stabbing, multiple calls for people in crisis, and numerous break and enters in progress,” the TPS spokesperson said.
“[TPS] does not take vehicle thefts lightly, and we do send officers as quickly as we can to recover stolen vehicles; however, calls involving public safety always take priority.”"
Sent from the future
So years ago I had some inlaws in town and we went to dinner. Came out from the restaurant to find someone had tried to steal their car. I gave the inlaws my car to go home and said i will deal with it.
I called Metro, and they said they would send out a cruiser... so I waited... and waited ... and waited.
I called back, asked for communication (sometimes it pays to have a brother that works for the local police... in the communications department). SOMEHOW the cop that answered the phone thought I was my brother (we DO sorta look alike) and there was a cruiser there in a minute... then another, then another, till there was 6 or 7... everyone looking for my brother.
The thick blue line is great if you are on the right side of it. Unfortunately 99.999% of us are on the wrong side. If more than two cops show up for most calls it should be grounds for discipline. Same thing with chases where they all pile in. I thought they were so busy they had no time to do anything and all of a sudden there are 10+ cars paying attention to a single bad guy than in most cases hadn't physically hurt anyone.
Mikedezo44
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Yea, how much time, energy and money is going to be spent on the shooting in front of Drakes home now in the coming weeks? Meanwhile there will be 10 other shootings around the city that'll just get a quick headline in the paper and forgotten about.
Ontario is proposing license implications for most car thieves. While it sounds good on paper, if potential criminal charges aren't a deterrent, I don't see license suspension having a big effect. Also, aren't a lot of the thieves coming from Montreal? Can we get a qc license suspended?
Suspended license and alpr means that car thieves basically can't own a car as they will constantly be getting pulled over.
toronto.ctvnews.ca
Suspended license and alpr means that car thieves basically can't own a car as they will constantly be getting pulled over.
Steal a car, lose your driver's licence for 10 years under new Ontario proposal
Repeat car thieves may face lengthy licence bans under proposed changes to Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act.
Is there a law that isn't commonly broken?Ontario is proposing license implications for most car thieves. While it sounds good on paper, if potential criminal charges aren't a deterrent, I don't see license suspension having a big effect. Also, aren't a lot of the thieves coming from Montreal? Can we get a qc license suspended?
Suspended license and alpr means that car thieves basically can't own a car as they will constantly be getting pulled over.
Steal a car, lose your driver's licence for 10 years under new Ontario proposal
Repeat car thieves may face lengthy licence bans under proposed changes to Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act.
Can't own a car? There's always a stooge that will let you use their name.
We are approaching critical mass where so many are breaking the law enforcement is futile. It's like charging black flies with assault.
It won't act as a deterrent, we know that. What it will do is make sure the only option they have in the future is to continue a life of crime. I know plenty of people growing up that were dirt bags and thieves in their teens and into their 20s, many still are but more eventually grew out of it (so to speak), did their time (or never gotOntario is proposing license implications for most car thieves. While it sounds good on paper, if potential criminal charges aren't a deterrent, I don't see license suspension having a big effect. Also, aren't a lot of the thieves coming from Montreal? Can we get a qc license suspended?
Suspended license and alpr means that car thieves basically can't own a car as they will constantly be getting pulled over.
Steal a car, lose your driver's licence for 10 years under new Ontario proposal
Repeat car thieves may face lengthy licence bans under proposed changes to Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act.
Get a slap on the wrist for prison time but lets make sure when they get out they have no choices but to keep on doing it... No way am I saying hug a thug.
License suspension:
Retribution, I guess
Protection of society, nope
Deterrence, nope
Rehabilitation, big NOPE
<laughs in Bramptonian>
Barrie is overrun with them. Cops occasionally arrest them. 95% of no fixed address, bail violation, probation violation and released before sunset to do it again. Zero consequences, zero change in behaviour.
Politician logic. "See, we tried. Blame the other guy for these issues.".
"David Clayton-Thomas, who is best known as the former lead singer of the rock band Blood, Sweat and Tears, was a Burwash inmate in the early 1960s before he achieved success in the music industry.
In his 2010 autobiography, called Blood, Sweat and Tears, Clayton-Thomas dedicated a chapter to his time in Burwash. He called the prison a "hellhole."
"This was no summer camp," Clayton-Thomas wrote about his time in the cell block. "All conversation is forbidden and any attempt to communicate is punished by a high-pressure hose poked through the door slot and unleashed on the prisoner."
I have no idea of how many others came out of prison / jail and went straight. The stats say Canada's system is better than those of the USA.
Personally I know one that served time for manslaughter. He punched a guy at a bar and the guy never got up.
Another tried to kidnap a businessman but it was poorly planned. The victim pleaded to not be locked in the trunk of a car saying he wouldn't call the police. He lied. The perp served some time and as far as I know, went straight afterwards. When I last saw him he had an OK job.
Banning them from having a licence won’t deter them. You really think a kid stealing cars is thinking about their future?
“Oooh, I wonder if I should top up my RRSP while I boost this Toyota?”
You’d have more success if you banned them from having a mobile phone or access to Tik Tok.
“Oooh, I wonder if I should top up my RRSP while I boost this Toyota?”
You’d have more success if you banned them from having a mobile phone or access to Tik Tok.
It is an example of laws being written by people that do not understand the motivation of the people they want to apply them to, and then thinking it is some kind of deterrent to their motivation.
Well off white dude, it would really suck and it will have a huge life impact losing my license for 10 years. So that will straighten them thieves out.
People stealing cars, I don't need no stinking license to steal cars and I can't even fathom the future consequences.
Well off white dude, it would really suck and it will have a huge life impact losing my license for 10 years. So that will straighten them thieves out.
People stealing cars, I don't need no stinking license to steal cars and I can't even fathom the future consequences.
