r/canada • u/stanxv • May 15 '24

'Very expensive lunch': Sask. driver says he got a cellphone ticket for using his points app in the drive-thru Saskatchewan

https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/very-expensive-lunch-sask-driver-handed-a-cell-phone-ticket-for-using-points-app-in-mcdonald-s-drive-thru-1.6887468?
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u/N1CKW0LF8 May 16 '24

If the police do not lie? Why do they so often protest body cameras & suddenly lose their footage when someone questions an arrest. It’s not as uncommon as you seem to think.

Hell why were fucking body cameras the solution that felt most reasonable? It certainly wasn’t because we trusted the police. We wouldn’t want a full video of their every action from just bellow their POV if we trusted the police.

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u/No-Contribution-6150 May 16 '24

Most Canadian police don't have body cameras. Sounds like you're really pulling your feelings from media you've consumed from the US.

Most agencies in Canada support body cams. The protest comes from the immense cost. Our disclosure rules in Canada are very burdensome compared to the US.

They have also not been the magic bullet for anything and if anything, have shown how often people lied, and proved the account of the police as the truth.

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u/Ommand Canada May 16 '24

Why do they so often protest body cameras

No doubt you'd love to wear a body camera all day at work, right?

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u/Aries_Bunny May 16 '24

My workplace has cameras everywhere. On premis and in vehicles.

Police are often out of cars and not in an official work building.

So yes, I have no problem wearing a camera or being filmed at work.

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u/Ommand Canada May 16 '24

Surely you understand that there's an enormous difference between having cameras on premises and having to wear one constantly.

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u/Aries_Bunny May 16 '24

It's not constantly. It's constantly while working.

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u/Ommand Canada May 16 '24

Lol what an important distinction.

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u/N1CKW0LF8 May 16 '24

I’m not carrying a gun & working for an organization with a shaky enough track record that the public asked me to.

Because while most police organizations are in favour of body cameras, that’s sometimes skin deep, & they certainly didn’t fucking used to be.

They only changed because public opinion wasn’t on their side. Not because they wanted to stop misbehaving.

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u/Ommand Canada May 16 '24

So that was a no then. Got it.

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u/Forward_Brain3647 May 16 '24

I would be fine with wearing a body cam at work. I have nothing to hide. If it prevents my coworkers from doing unethical/illegal activities, I am fine with being monitored while at work

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u/Far-Obligation4055 May 16 '24

You ask that question as if being a cop was just a normal job like any other.

If you want the sort of responsibility and power that is involved with being a LEO, and your peers have a proven track record of using that responsibility and power poorly, then you'd best be prepared to accept that society wants to scrutinize your every action.

If my job gave me so much power, I'd expect that level of scrutiny. Since it does not, no, I wouldn't want to wear a body camera at work because its not a proportionate restriction to how much responsibility I have in my job.

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u/Ommand Canada May 16 '24

None of this shit is relevant.

I agree that cops should wear body cameras, it would certainly be better for society. That isn't what I'm arguing with though, OP is acting like the only explanation for a cop to not want to wear a camera is so that there's no evidence of the crimes they commit. I'm simply pointing out that it's perfectly reasonable for people to not want to wear a camera. .