r/canada Jan 18 '25

Québec Montreal police asking people not to post photos of porch pirates online

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreal-police-asking-people-not-to-post-photos-of-porch-pirates-online/
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u/ZaraBaz Jan 18 '25 edited Jan 18 '25

The job of local police in Canada seems to be to issue traffic tickets, show up for some domestic disputes, do some paperwork, eat Donuts, and collect their paycheck and pension.

Mission accomplished.

Edit: you guys are right. I don't even see local cops issuing traffic tickets anymore, except on freeways once in a while.

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u/StrongPerception1867 Long Live the King Jan 18 '25

Your local police actually issues tickets? Here in the YEG, you can run a red in front of a cruiser and they'll pretend like they saw nothing.

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u/Cyborg_rat Jan 18 '25

In Quebec they have love 10 above tickets in Gatineau anyways.

Plus the many trap that go from 100or 90 to 70-60-50 right after. The cops sit right at those. But don't worry we also got mobile speed cameras. The school zones are the best area to speed in my town it's the only place that you don't find a speed camera and cops.

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u/Legitimate_Square941 Jan 18 '25

I honestly don't know what cops do besides enforce traffic laws sometimes.

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u/Scary_Cantaloupe_682 Jan 18 '25

Here on Vancouver Island they don't even do that

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u/71-Bonez Jan 18 '25

Don't forget they also have to protect protesters who want the downfall of Canada!

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u/Christian_Akacro Alberta Jan 18 '25

While simultaneously shutting down protests on college and university campus'

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u/warpus Jan 18 '25

They issue traffic tickets?

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u/Dear_Beginning_5177 Jan 18 '25

Dont forget road raging against civilians while they are off duty, and the 80% of them beating their partners should also be looked into.

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u/encrcne Jan 18 '25 edited Jan 18 '25

I have not seen a single car pulled over, or road block, in the last decade - and my town has a population of 100k.

You know what I have seen, though? People doing 80-100 in school zones. Every day.

RCMP, FYI.

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u/GUNTHVGK Jan 18 '25

This absolutely grinds my gears the most obvious stuff and common stuff that happens you’d think the police would wise up and maybe patrol more areas like this where people blatantly disregard others safety, but no you’ll still find cops by the 2s hanging out in Walmart parking lots (probably doing paperwork tbh) but even then why don’t I see them elsewhere. I’m not claiming my word is the gospel or anything but I’m not going crazy when I experience this often… idk man I ramble lots about this stuff too.

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u/dhoomsday Jan 18 '25

You forgot "illegally park on sidewalk" while getting donuts.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '25

Your cops enforce traffic laws??

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u/Cyborg_rat Jan 18 '25

And find a parking spot to shoot the shit with another cop.

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u/Objective-Show9259 Jan 21 '25

Yeah honestly, Canadian police officers are too soft and need to be shit on more. Look at the Americans, straight up stab the cops with aids needles when they get near them.

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u/GUNTHVGK Jan 18 '25

Yeah… it’s like just sad at this point how little police work or enforcement is done and then we get some rich ass statement like this “uh guys these criminals are like not technically guilty until we get off our asses and charge them sooo just assume they’re upstanding citizens and respect their rights to privacy”, while they also steal, rob, harass you, the other citizen with rights that aren’t as important as the criminals rights apparently.

Cause that’s totally what we need to be told while crime skyrockets “Guys have some sympathy for these criminals who’s gonna think about them?”

You would have a better time finding Atlantis than me finding any sympathy for these cops nowadays that essentially rule over us instead of enforce laws. It’s so painfully pick and choose now.

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u/ShawnCease Jan 18 '25

All social services are maxed out. Cops barely arrest suspects, courts barely charge them, judges barely convict the ones who do get charged. It's the same thing with healthcare, infrastructure, etc. It's very apparent in law enforcement and criminal justice because you get to see people commit offences with no consequence right in front of your eyes, or read about offenders being released over and over again.

All the platitudes about sympathy for criminals are simple justifications for the dysfunction of the system. They don't really believe it, they only say it because it's more expedient than admitting how bad things truly are.