Police Chief needs more officers
“Police chief needs more officers” say the headlines. I would feel better with more cops on the job but maybe managing the manpower they have more efficiently might help.
I live in a quiet residential Toronto neighbourhood that rarely sees or needs a Police presence which is why the events of August 11th are so remarkable.
In the early evening a lone door to door canvasser became irrational and started pounding on the door of a house and shouting “I want my book back” over and over. A call was made to 911 because, although no immediate threat was evident, the situation was not improving because the young man wouldn’t respond to various vocal efforts to calm him down.
A cruiser arrived and the 2 officers attempted to remove the young man from the front porch of the home, a struggle ensued and one officer was heard to request back-up. Within minutes another cruiser appeared and the situation seemed to be under control. Then a third car arrived, lights flashing, then another cruiser and another and another until we had a total of TWELVE police cars responding to a pretty minor incident, many staying there for up to half an hour or more.
What were these officers doing that was less important (or fun) than joining this little circus? I didn’t know 33 Division had 12 cars on the road on a week day evening.
I live in a quiet residential Toronto neighbourhood that rarely sees or needs a Police presence which is why the events of August 11th are so remarkable.
In the early evening a lone door to door canvasser became irrational and started pounding on the door of a house and shouting “I want my book back” over and over. A call was made to 911 because, although no immediate threat was evident, the situation was not improving because the young man wouldn’t respond to various vocal efforts to calm him down.
A cruiser arrived and the 2 officers attempted to remove the young man from the front porch of the home, a struggle ensued and one officer was heard to request back-up. Within minutes another cruiser appeared and the situation seemed to be under control. Then a third car arrived, lights flashing, then another cruiser and another and another until we had a total of TWELVE police cars responding to a pretty minor incident, many staying there for up to half an hour or more.
What were these officers doing that was less important (or fun) than joining this little circus? I didn’t know 33 Division had 12 cars on the road on a week day evening.
posted by Don at 7:51 AM
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