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Admiral Beez said:
It's not their job, which is why it's taken on as part-time Paid Duty work. It entirely possible that the police heads or their union orders their membership to refuse paid duty. That will force Pride to provide their own security, on their dime.

The Union's position....
“We would always provide security (as is required at any normal protest or parade) but why would we do anything more than the bare minimum,” he said. “The message is clear we are not welcome.” http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/18/pride-ban-slap-in-the-face-to-cops-mccormack

The TPS precedents...
TPS aren't obliged to police free security for events. TPS have refused paid duty for large events before, https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/...spended-at-muzik-after-multiple-shooting.html
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That sounds ethically questionable. Imagine the backlash the doctors or teachers would get if they politicized themselves like that.
 
picard102 said:
Providing additional security to an event isn't an essential service.
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Of course not, but one is a bargaining position, this is what? Make a political point and it has little to gain on? So we're going to refuse to be hired not because of safety but because we can't march in a parade that didn't affirm us? Not sure about the optics of doing that when the attention is on Pride for (my guess) their politically unpopular move to ban the police.

Admiral Beez said:
TPS will of course police the event, same as any large public gathering or protest. But don't expect them to volunteer for paid-duty roles outside of that.
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Volunteer for paid-duty made it sounds like they don't get paid. It might actually be a net saving to the city if TPS doesn't provide the service.

AoD
 
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AlvinofDiaspar said:
It might actually be a net saving to the city if TPS doesn't provide the service.
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Almost guaranteed, especially if Pride has to pay the tab to fund private security to do whatever tasks the off-duty TPS were doing; presumably directing people and vehicle movements and the like.

If this happens, this might be the beginning of the end of paid duty. If we can run Pride without paid duty cops, surely we can replace paid duty cops with traffic cones at construction sites. Thus, TPS union better watch their next step....
 
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When it comes to the police union and city hall, the tail wags the dog. Not even RoFo could cut the budget on these guys...
 
It can't happen here...

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Matt Pearce@mattdpearce
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Louisiana police chief says the state's new "Blue Lives Matter" law makes resisting arrest a "hate crime." http://www.katc.com/story/34310586/...e-change-comes-with-states-new-hate-crime-law

The state's new "Blue Lives Matter" law is already being used here in Acadiana. In the last year, Louisiana became the first state to offer hate crime protections to police officers.

St. Martinville Police Chief Calder Hebert hopes the law will not only save lives, but make offenders think twice before resisting arrest.
 
tiffer24 said:
The state's new "Blue Lives Matter" law is already being used here in Acadiana. In the last year, Louisiana became the first state to offer hate crime protections to police officers.

St. Martinville Police Chief Calder Hebert hopes the law will not only save lives, but make offenders think twice before resisting arrest.
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But doesn't the TPS need protection from the hate filled extremists in BLM Toronto?
 
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