Gerritt Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I ran across this a few minutes ago... and thought I should share what local Police Departments are doing... tis the season I suppose! either way you get screwed! http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/12...057651-sun.html G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 glad I am not living there.... or drinking my face off anymore for that matter lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowPoke Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 glad I am not living there.... or drinking my face off anymore for that matter lol They'd need to call in reinforcements for downtown London! Zero tolerance = zero thinking. These "DRAVIS" officers have been reduced to bylaw enforcement offices and might as well be patroling parking meters for 'troublesome' cars as well. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Dang... hope they never come to an OFC G2G !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POLLIWOGG Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Sounds like they are monitoring the dispatch for the DD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 You can be charged for being intoxicated in a Bar as well.. It's nothing new... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Sounds like Durham Regional police wants a dry township. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 They'd need to call in reinforcements for downtown London! Zero tolerance = zero thinking. These "DRAVIS" officers have been reduced to bylaw enforcement offices and might as well be patroling parking meters for 'troublesome' cars as well. Sad. yep... 1-2 am in the morning on Richmond row on any given weekend and we could "clean up" ... heck... just targeting that strip every other weekend for a year and we would not have to raise taxes in London ever again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Is this going to be a problem for you Gerritt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Back in the day, I had a few too many on a Thursday night (Fridays off was great) and got a ride home from a friend. Next morning when I went downtown to get my car I had a ticket for parking at an expired meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cram Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 (edited) Its pretty ridiculous if that is a designated spot to be picked up by that service and they were just waiting for it. Isn't the point of police/law to protect us and not to govern us? I assume the police handing out those tickets don't enjoy doign so....they're probably just like us and think its just as ridiculous. I'm sure they'd prefer to be doing something else more substantial Edited December 6, 2009 by cram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted December 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Is this going to be a problem for you Gerritt. Could be Chris I have decided I should just give in to the marketing geniuses and drink like all the media agencies suggest me to do..... But to target those waiting for a DD is asinine in my opinion... you do the right thing and dont drive and you get fined for it... either way, the city coffers benefit... G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 But to target those waiting for a DD is asinine in my opinion... I couldn't agree more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Yep ..asinine is the word. It is going to come to the point no one will do anything but be couch potatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Man oh man, the cops always want us to help them out in time of need, every time I see one of these reports forces me to think they can go screw themselves. I know they're not all cut from the same cloth, but the supervisors must have been eating STOOPID with a wide mouthed coal shovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Yep ..asinine is the word.It is going to come to the point no one will do anything but be couch potatoes. Good thing we have Island retreats bud... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Good thing we have Island retreats bud... lol Ha....I was thinking that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 A few people have to go to court and fight it. The cops word against yours. Without a breathalyzer how can the ticket stick? Don't tell the cop you are waiting for a DD, tell him you are heading for your car. I don't know...we are being restricted more and more all the time..and these restrictions are paid for with our tax dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Good thing we have Island retreats bud... lol Ha....I was thinking that. Why should we have to "hide out" in our own country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Much easier and safer catching drunks coming out of a bar than bad guys, I bet they don't buy sport fishing licenses either! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 What the hell .Its becoming too extreme.Next the bars will all be out of business then there will be no more intoxicated people followed by lay offs for the local law enforcement.Keep it up and more people will be out of work.Catch 22 Who had the brains to come up with this crap.Where is the common sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 What kind of testing do they do and who sets the level for public intoxication, and why wasn't the bar charged for overserving. Come on, if you're gonna charge somebody, lets see some backup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmichit Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 reminds me of Blue Colour Comedy; Drunk in public......Ron White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Eyes Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 What a cash grab, filthy officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Unbelievable. Whatever happened to officers using common sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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