Toronto's Top Cops
Sleep, Talk or Text
during Street Health Presentation
Top Cops Lack
Leadership: Too Busy Sleeping, Talking or Text Messaging to Listen:
12 % of the homeless who were surveyed in 2007 by Street Health reported they
had been assaulted by the police. Street Health presented their findings to the
Toronto Police Services Board and Police Brass. Two
of the these 'top cops' found something to laugh at; three were addicted to
their BlackBerrys and one top cop slept through the presentation.
Toronto's Snow Headaches:
Businesses & the City Fail to Clear their Ice: Petro Canada,
South Grove Investments Inc and Peter Noehammer Toronto's Director of Transportation Services all
have trouble clearing their snow and ice making life difficult for Toronto's pedestrians who slip-slide
along icy sidewalks.
Are Tasers Methods of Torture
Toronto's cops want Tasers and held a public forum where the public was ignored.
The Toronto Police Accountability Coalition organized a public
forum at the University of Toronto on Wednesday February 6, 2008. Participants included
Amnesty International and Naomi Klein who discussed the issues of arming
the police with Tasers. This forum asked are Tasers instruments of Torture?
Joe's Choice:
Does Toronto Lack Shelter for the Homeless? Who should Mihevc believe: The Homeless, Street Health,
Central Neighborhood House and the Mennonite Central Committee OR a city bureaucrat. All of the former complained
there aren't enough shelter beds for the homeless; the bureaucrat disagreed.
Who is Joe Mihevc and his committee to believe?
Curious George Soulis:
Chair of the Toronto Parking Authority wasn't amused when his skills were questioned.
Dear Mayor David Miller:
March's Editor's Letter
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