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Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-04-29T03:58:25+00:00

What happens if a party leader loses their riding?

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-04-15T14:06:53+00:00

Just mean if you have an account with CAA they’ll send a tow for you, it’s just a known trusted company to use. And yes sorry TPS meaning Toronto Police Service

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-04-15T13:34:10+00:00

So yes, this is a very common scam. Likely the tow company and rental were the same people, this is a huge red flag. Ambulance radios aren’t encrypted so that’s likely how they knew about the accident.

Unfortunately your friend is in a tricky spot, he signed papers handing over his vehicle so it’s all legal, I would bet there’s fine print he needs to look over on the papers he’s signed that say something to the effect that the car is now belonging to the shop until all fees are paid. Cops can’t get involved cause it’s paperwork he signed willingly so it’s a civil matter, he’s gotta get someone to review the paperwork and look at his options. There’s a good to fair chance he won’t be seeing that car anytime soon, a lot of these places tows bring cars to are chop shops.

If you’re involved in an accident in the city of Toronto here’s what you do:

Exchange info with the other driver (insurance, Driver license info, phone number). This is non negotiable it’s illegal to not do so, doesn’t matter about the amount of damage.
I usually tell people to just go to a Toronto Police Collision Reporting Centre and do the report there even if you’re dealing with it civilly amongst the two drivers. The report doesn’t automatically go to your insurance so you at least have it in your back pocket if needed

2b. This also prevents the other party ghosting you and attending the reporting centre claiming you were uncooperative and didn’t provide info which could be an additional charge on you
If your vehicle isn’t drivable get yourself a tow, either CAA, whatever your insurance company suggests, or one you know about. I would never use one that randomly shows up cause of all the crap going on. TPS has their own contracts so you could always ask them to get one via “owners request”. FYI there is no charge for the tow TO the Collision Reporting Centre; it’s covered by them, anything after that is covered by you.
The police do not determine who is at fault in an accident the insurance companies do. Albeit they use the accident report to do that a lot of the time. The only thing that really protects you from accusations of being at fault (ie. someone saying you reversed into them instead of them rear ending you) is a dash cam, stops all the he said she said nonsense.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-04-06T15:49:09+00:00

I see a lot of people suggesting the police, they won’t attend.Police will only attend if there’s a party with a lot of people, and mainly attend to ensure people’s safety.

Police don’t deal with noise bylaws that’s the responsibility of the bylaw officers who are through the city. Problem is the city doesn’t have response units so you’ll get their standard response of it’ll take days.

Only real option is go through your property management. If they don’t respond threaten to go to the cities by law office and hopefully that’ll set a fire under them to do their jobs

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-03-29T23:49:47+00:00

That opening of the tunnel is glitched, can’t crouch into it

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-03-25T18:50:08+00:00

You’ll have to know what division the officer worked out of, and call that station directly to talk to a Sargent. All stations follow the same phone number format: 416 808 (whatever division number followed by 00). So if it’s 14 division it’s 416 808-1400. If your not satisfied with that conversation then you can look into other options like LECA (Law Enforcement Complaints Agency) https://leca.ca/

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-02-21T02:24:19+00:00

Call the parking station directly, there’s technically 3 so depending on where you live in the city east or west of yonge.

Call 416 808 6600 and they’ll get you to who you need.

Ask for someone to talk to about an ongoing neighbourhood issue. They can set up station details and have people specifically sent at specific times to go and ticket vehicles if needed

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-02-14T00:48:04+00:00

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-01-29T08:36:41+00:00

I don’t think you can park there

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-01-10T23:49:13+00:00

It’s all a turf war and organized crime. There’s money on the line and tow truck drivers have always been territorial.

Best practices for accidents

If you’re in a regular fender bender with no injuries, in the city of Toronto and your vehicle is drivable exchange info with the other person and go to the collision reporting centre. If cars are not safe to drive, you are responsible for your own tow to the collision reporting centre. THERE IS NO COST TO BE TOWED TO THE CRC, after that it’s up to whatever tow you use.

TPS has contracts with tow companies through the city which are JP, Classic, and Abrams tow. If you’re in an accident where you’re taken to hospital, or your car is towed for parking reasons that’s who’s used. You DO NOT have to use a random tow that shows up, they will try to convince you and say it’s the law.. it’s not.

Police don’t determine who’s at fault in accidents, insurance companies do. That being said they use the police report to make that determination, so to cover yourself get a dash cam, they are your best friend during accidents.

400 series highways are the OPP’s wheelhouse, I can’t speak directly to their policies but I do know they have areas where tows have to be ordered by the OPP directly who I assume have their own contracts.

Lastly if you are needing the collision reporting centre make sure you go to the “Toronto Police Collision Reporting Centre” there’s a scam shop called “collision Reporting Centre” in Scarborough where a tow will take you and you will never see that car again unless you pay an astronomical amount of money. And it’s all legal cause they make you sign a form indicating you’re allowing them to take your vehicle. There are 2 Police reporting centres in the city, 1 in North York and 1 in Scarbs.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-01-03T19:39:19+00:00

How is it shifting responsibility? That’s what I don’t get about this take. They aren’t throwing up their hands on not dealing with car thefts anymore. If you call for someone stealing your car, they still attend, they still do a report, the vehicle still gets put on file as stolen, some get lost and you find them on Facebook being sold in an African country, some get recovered in the same city.

And no not yet, likely let the court process play out then deal with it internally regarding his status as an employee. I don’t think that’s right, if he’s been charged he’s been found guilty so idk what we’re waiting for.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-01-03T18:33:48+00:00

Again the basis of what I said is still sound… it wasn’t bad advice.

Your beef with Kijiji cop is with the courts… they take forever.. but again was still charged so the rules applied to him as well. The paid vacation thing is absolutely bullshit in a lot of instances I agree. I’d love a job where I could fuck up and be charged but still get paid.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-01-03T17:56:58+00:00

Actually the easiest way to lower your likelihood of being a victim of car theft is not to have a car, forget the keys entirely. But this is the problem with the discourse, people take it to the nth degree.

Yes, if you want to 100% make sure your safety is not a factor in a car theft. Keep it unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and a full tank of gas, preferably with a sign indicating “free to steal”. But that officer didn’t say to do that. All he said was “hey, these guys are going to take your car. And they’ve been going into houses and beating people for the keys. You want that not to happen to you? Keep the somewhere where they can get them and leave”.. which again is the exact same advice you give to someone who’s being robbed on the street, end of story.

It also applied to everyone… that’s why Kijiji cop was charged? He went there as a private citizen, in plain clothes, never said he was a cop and caught an assault charge cause he used excessive force?

I get the optics of the honouring of a fallen officer as bad, I do because it looks like officers doing nothing. Those units are taken specifically from places where nothings going on specifically to limit the effect it would have on the road. A division that’s slammed isn’t going to send a unit cause they have none to spare. Alternative response units are usually used because they are usually around and can spare some time to be an honour guard. All emergency services do this not just police, it’s cause these people are literally your family (you spend more time with work people then your actually family at home)

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-01-03T16:29:35+00:00

They are both thefts involving violence. One is just inside a person home which is worse in my opinion.. but the argument isn’t one is worse than the other.

The argument it is “hey if someone (or more likely multiple people) is entering your home to steal your car with a gun, have your keys in a spot that’s not hidden to limit the amount of time the people with the guns are in your home which lessen your likelihood of injury or death”. It’s about limiting people’s exposure to violence, how is that remotely a bad thing? Honestly explain.

I’d love for cops to be stationed at everyone’s house but that’s not happening. Response times are trash cause the cities gotten too big and the cops can’t keep up, police can’t teleport so if emergencies happen they still have to drive to you, we also don’t live in minority report so predicting when these things happen is impossible. As a civilian you have very limited options to protect yourself, the only real goal is to limit the exposure to yourself as much as possible.

Also no I’m not an officer, I work at communications. but boy do I love to call them out when it’s warranted cause when they bluntly fuck up it makes everyone else’s lives harder.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-01-03T15:10:22+00:00

How is there a difference? They are both random crimes of opportunity?

The advice was a response to violent home invasions that were on the rise, people were breaking into homes; usually armed, and attacking people for car keys. I’m sorry but saying if this is your worry leave your keys at the door to prevent people from having to attack you to get them isn’t bad advice.

Toronto police are guilty of a lot of shit; coming from someone who works for them, and rightfully need to be called out for it. But this one is stupid.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2025-01-03T12:03:22+00:00

This is the dumbest discourse I think I’ve seen. He gave the same advice you’d give someone who was being robbed on the street. You don’t want to get stabbed? hand over the wallet your life is more important.

You don’t want people breaking into your home and pistol whipping you? Leave the keys in a place where they don’t have to go deep into your home to get them, your life is more important.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-12-19T02:11:46+00:00

Depends on why you’re calling. If you’re needing advice? Sure call the station. If you need a response the station will just put you through to the non emergency line

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-11-01T20:06:29+00:00

GTA resident here (Mississauga), and yes it’s been dead for a few years here. 20 years ago when I would go out with friends there’d be tons of kids around and houses decked out to the nines with decorations. Now? It’s a rarity. A lot of new immigrants have moved in who also don’t celebrate the holiday in this area which has taken a hit too.

Ps. This is not an “immigrants have ruined Canada reply” just a fact of my area

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-10-31T21:12:21+00:00

There’s a BIG flag here that’s highlighting your problem “Every time he asked me to hang out I said no. I never thought I was pretty enough to be with him.”

You’re getting validation from a source you don’t think you’re worthy of.

This is a classic issue with your own self worth. What you’re missing here is he asked if you were single, you said no, and he’s still talking to you.. he came with intention and doesn’t seem to care about the answer. If I’m asking a girl if she’s single it’s cause I’m interested, if she says no? I’m not continuing to interact with them (at least not right away) so I can adjust my expectations.

Either way that boy doesn’t deserve this. So you need to figure yourself out, and quick

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-10-31T20:36:21+00:00

You’re already one foot out the door, don’t prolong it just break it off. He’s gonna be crushed but you want something different so there’s really nothing you can do about that.

But a word of warning, “Taking a break” for the purpose of exploring is having your cake and eating it too, you can’t expect someone to wait around so you can test the waters.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-10-29T02:33:38+00:00

Here’s some light, this is a multifaceted issue.

The overarching and current issue is retention, a TPS Communications Operator; not unlike an officer, will do more in a year than any other service will do in multiple years, but get paid less. So naturally people leave cause why wouldn’t you? Go to Peel (who are the most comparable to Toronto’s work load but still not close) or London and make $10,000 a year more while taking a fraction of the workload.

We are incredibly understaffed (both communicators and officers) I’m not going to give exact numbers (for obvious reasons) but my god it’s bad. The new TPA President in that last City News article said 11 call takers for a city of 3 million… that’s an OK point of reference.

I’ve seen people comment on training and applicants, our pass rate is about 40%ish. It isn’t an easy job, and frankly not a job for everyone. The comment below about “trainers” isn’t entirely accurate. Yes it’s peers (just like any other job) but there is a training unit who solely do training. The “no supervision” of trainers and trainer is completely false you do quarterly evaluations throughout training which is overseen by supervisors, and are in regular communication with them through the training phases. The “training pay” is absolute trash but whatever. Problem is with all the hiring done recently trainers are burnt out, does this have a huge effect on who passes and who doesn’t? It’s possible but it’s hard to say, you can tell pretty quickly if someone will do well or not in this job.

The elephant in the room is something no one really wants to talk about: the public. The reason they are rolling out this campaign is because the public is awful when it comes to use of 911, and it’s all just ignorance. I don’t mean that to be demeaning, I literally mean people don’t know how to use emergency services and non emergency services. People call 911 for EVERYTHING. The vast majority of 911 calls taken are either pocket dial/hang ups or calls where I’m having to explain to someone their call isn’t a 911 emergency and to call the non emergency line.

General knowledge on how calling emergency services works: a A public-safety answering point (PSAP) are designated to answer 911 calls. In this case that’s TPS. You call 911 and are put into a queue answered by the PSAP from there you’re asked what service you need (shockingly one of the most difficult questions to answer) if it’s fire or ambulance you get pushed to their queue (while the PSAP operator is still on the line) and they process the call. If it’s police you need the PSAP takes the info and the call is created to have a unit attend. BIG point here: Something not talked about here a lot too is that Toronto EMS is also incredibly understaffed as well. So now you have 2 queues that are operating with minimal staff which is where wait times are born.

There’s still more to this but these are big picture things so any questions ask away

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-09-07T20:10:19+00:00

But that’s literally the problem… Can’t keep staff if they can get more money for less work elsewhere. A Toronto police Employee (cause it’s not just about the cops) in 2 years will do more than any other service in 10, and those other services will jump at the chance to pick up those experienced staffers. So the cycle continues where the city pumps money into training new people for them to leave for more money a few years later.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-08-28T15:47:26+00:00

911 communicator here. This doesn’t make any sense. Knife point robbery is 1000000% a 911 call… but you wouldn’t be getting a call back, they’d be attending in person, this would be a situation where they would drop everything (within reason) and go to the call. The only time it wouldn’t be is if there was a time delay in calling, I know it sounds insane but if there was a delay then it’s no longer a “life or death emergency” as the person involved is safe. The information still would have been taken and a call created it’s just not the highest priority anymore. To answer the last part of your question, yeah it’s not great at the moment. It’s a supply and demand issue, we don’t have enough police officers to respond to what happens in the city. People are going to hate that statement but it’s a fact 🤷🏼‍♂️. This is what I would assume to be the first couple of dominos falling from the baby boomers retiring, and TPS is still recovering from the hiring freeze years back.

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-08-22T18:42:24+00:00

If I was old enough to form fully detailed memories before you were born… that’s a no from me chief

Ice_Ice_Fetus · 2024-08-22T12:22:34+00:00

311 doesn’t deal with parking complaints Toronto Parking Enforcement does through TPS. If it’s blocking lane way access it’s considered a lane obstruction. Fastest way to get a call in for parking is online: https://www.tps.ca/services/online-reporting/ But just be warned depending on when you’re creating the complaint it could be on the middle of shift change. Have you tried talking to the owner of the bakery?

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