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How a Toronto police complaints officer belittled a criticism about bike lanes — and why advocates say it’s a problem (www.thestar.com)

submitted 6 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps to c/[email protected]

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“The police can park where they need to. If they wanted to park upside down, inside out, or on top of a building, that would be acceptable.”

The 32-year-old cyclist stared at the email in disbelief. She wondered if the Toronto Police unit complaint co-ordinator who sent it to her been hacked, or was he just having a bad day?

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

“When you do see a police car in the bike lane and they walk out of a Tim Horton’s, that’s not a good look,” she said. “I personally think that those police officers should be held accountable because that’s not right. But again, it’s not my job to police the police.”

Your job title is "parking enforcement officer" who the fuck else is going to do it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Vigilantes, I guess? 'Cause that's what they're forcing by refusing to do their jobs.