What shitty way to discourage people from interacting with those legitimately in need
This is a dick move.
Next they’ll pretend to be an old lady and charge you with trespass or something?
Just not necessary at all.
In need of what, a beer ? A pack of darts, A crack rock? Some fentanyl. Or a new I phone? I have yet to see a panhandler is actually hungry or isn’t some fucking con fleecing you.
Perhaps a home. Which is rarer than what they could ever attain at current debt fueled prices.
This is a sad comment. If you were out there in all weather conditions asking for people money you might have picked up a vice as well.
But anyway, how do you know they’re not hungry? If you think they’re living so large why aren’t you at the intersection with a sign too?
More than once, those beggars have been followed home and found that they are in fact living large. Turns out begging is profitable. Unless you blow it all on crack.
More than once doesn’t amount for much once you factor in their numbers. Which city’s experience are you speaking from?
Brilliant. Drivers on cell phones are dangerous, but very hard to catch. It’s great to see them finding new ways to catch drivers at this, imho.
I think I prefer the Toronto (I think?) operation where they had a police officer on public transit looking out the window at drivers. I know it’s illegal to use a cell phone at a red light but, realistically, it’s not really that dangerous. But people texting when the car is in motion kill children (and cause lots of fender benders), so I’m in support of finding ways to catch texters who are doing so.
There must be other good ways, too: second story windows adjacent the street, maybe?
I know it would still piss people off, but at that point why not just pay the those who are already manning the intersections? I wouldn’t mind if they made extra cash finding those on their phones.
Kingston police started using drones to catch texto-drivers; but it got shut down by public opinion over privacy concerns.
Yeah, that makes sense. Drones can see things that a human can’t reasonably, and they can store video footage indiscriminately. But I think it’s totally fair for cops to ride the city bus to catch drivers out. Especially if they’re in uniform. They can easily snap a picture or a 5-second video by hand.