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Toronto cops are parking illegally everywhere with impunity so they can get coffee

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Cops seem to be parking wherever the heck they want in Toronto these days, especially illegal parking spaces in close proximity to purveyors of cof...

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THE POLICE PROBLEM @lemmy.world Toronto cops are parking illegally everywhere with impunity so they can get coffee

27 comments

Wait, some police officers abuse their power? Say it isn't so!

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- See, no, it's not an abuse of power, because their job is LIFE AND DEATH, and so when they go to get a coffee or fuck around doing whatever absolutely necessary thing away from their cruiser they need to do, they absolutely have to park like the biggest dicks in town, because it lets them get to the emergency faster somehow. Or I guess they should just let your mom get raped, then??
  
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  Wow, uh, that’s uncalled for but I guess user name checks out.
  
  It’s extremely sensible to think it’s not great for someone in a position of authority to use that authority to do the things they’re meant to do and not other things.
  
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New york cops too

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- Probably cops everywhere.
  
  Hell, one day I had an altercation with a motorist in the bike lane and called the police. The cop showed up... and parked in the bike lane. That I had called the police to keep cars out of.
  
  (I'm proud to say that bike lane has those flimsy plastic sticks "protecting" it now, though.)
  
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A while back I saw some NYC cops park very illegally to go into a Dunkin donuts. It was like seeing a political cartoon in real life.

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Cops make a lot of money. I'd be less mad if they at least went to a local coffee shop instead of shitty tim hortons

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The solution is simple. Call the bike cops on them😏

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- LOL, good idea -- I wish I could request one specifically! Atlanta Police does have bike patrol units, but I've never seen one within a mile of where this incident occurred.
  
  (Edit: I thought I was writing a follow-up to this comment, not a reply to a top-level comment, so that's what the "incident" non-sequitur is about. Whoops.)
  
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Call the cops and tell them someone illegally parked in the bike zone

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I park illegally to get coffee in Montreal all the time, but I don't do it-

-on crosswalks

-on bike paths

-for fucking Tim Hortons "coffee".

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So if I'd crash into one of these with my bike, could I sue the city?

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- Worth a shot!
  
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I wonder what happens when you crash your bike into a vehicle that's parked in the bike lane? Surely there's some case law precedents on it by now? If they all show in favor of the bicyclists, I wanna see what happens when one crashes into a cop car doing the same thing.

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- Unfortunately, when a moving vehicle crashes into a stationary vehicle it's pretty much always going to be the operator of the moving vehicle at fault, even if the stationary vehicle is parked somewhere it shouldn't be and, I believe, even if the moving vehicle is a bike.
  
  Don't get me wrong: I've definitely been tempted to pull a Casey Neistat myself, from time to time! But it's really not the, uh, "prudent" move, from a legal perspective.
  
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www.bikelaneuprising.com to start tracking them.

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- Why would them block the app in Brazil?
  
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One day I called out a cop for this in my hometown. His explanation was that if they get an emergency call when they're inside, they don't waste time getting back to their car.

It sounded like a sensible explanation.

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- It's really not. If that's the case, then they shouldn't be allowed to go into the coffee shop while on shift, they have to go through the drive thru. If they are taking work break, then they need to have coverage, just like other jobs!
  
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  The drive thru is worse. Their crusier could get stuck in the drive thru between other cars, the building and the curb. Even if people did move out of the way while they are in drive thru (some people will still try to get their coffee first), it would completely mess up the order of the drive thru orders.
  
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- The average response time for the Fire Service in Ontario is 6.0 minutes
  
  the average overall response time for a call about a sudden cardiac arrest (ambulance) was seven minutes and 52 seconds
  
  close to the end of 2023, response times had crept up to over 22 minutes on average. Right now, Priority 1 response times are 18.1 minutes.
  
  Dates may vary, didn't care to go too deep into the bs. I wouldn't trust anything said by police, they aren't here to service the public and are legally allowed to lie. Why trust anything they say. Documents on record or nothing.
  
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- A lot of things can save time in a hypothetical situation. Where do you draw the line? Parking? Property damage? Why don't we draw the line at not doing illegal things, no matter how inconspicuous.
  
  Parking illegally can also hinder people from getting help from an ambulance or fire truck.
  
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- An emergency... like someone going out of the blocked bike lane into traffic and getting hit by a truck which literally happened in Toronto recently?
  
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