Community Emergency - "A Day In The Life of A Metro Police Officer"
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Original Air Date: February 27, 1988 on Scarboro Cable 10
Ride along with Metro Toronto Police Officer from 41 Division on a busy Saturday July 25, 1987 afternoon shift.
On January 1, 1957, policing in Toronto entered a new era with the creation of a Metropolitan Toronto Police Force. The new service was born from the roots of 13 separate services in the Toronto area.
Amalgamation eliminated the artificial policing boundaries across the now sprawling Metro Toronto. A single service also served to standardize police procedures and communications systems. The result was more effective and cost efficient policing.
The word “Force” was eventually replaced with the word “Service” to reflect our approach to policing. The name later changed to Toronto Police Service, when another municipal amalgamation formed the new City of Toronto in 1998.
Produced by Jeff Long and Greg Grimes.
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Nothing better than mustaches and 80s american classic sedans n trucks
Pretty cars yes, but trash
Yes if you abused them but these police cars were fast.
@@steveespinola7652 not even if u abused em, if u drive em in your daily life, consume a lot of gas and break down often, but yea, they look good
This was Canada u bum
@@jilphones6662 Their cars are made in Detroit or Ontario, designed by Americans.
If you didn’t mention the cities name, you probably wouldn’t realize it’s Canada.
Those were the days! Baby blue shirts, side handle batons, 38 S and W revolvers with speed loaders, "Mitre" radios, no computers or GPS (U knew your division, used the "Pearlys" city map, or had a divisional map taped to your clip board) yellow cars, real "cages" in the back seat.
No computers yet (were just being introduced into the cars). We wrote reports and had type writers at the station.Life was a lot more simple, people had some respect (I say SOME) for the police.The bad guys knew who the good guys were and respected it.
41 Division was a busy division. Scarborough was still growing and getting busier! The summers in the city were hot. The vibe was palpable. You never knew what was going to happen at any given time!
I spent 13 yrs as a Toronto Police Officer . Started in Feb 1987 (Class of 8701), worked in 52 Div, 53 Div (known then as the Hollywood Division) Use of Force Training, Public Order Unit and the ETF. BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE!!
Spent the last 15 yrs with DRPS and loved it. 28 yrs flew bye quickly.
Now retired. I miss those days !!
class of 1719 LOL. opc still hasnt changed.
God bless you sir. Thank you for the many years of service you gave Toronto. My live and respect have always been for the police who saved my life at 3 years old back in the 1960s when I was blue from tonsils blocking my airway. Police were first on the scene and I believe between them and my dad doing for you all saved my life.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🎋
Read my comment above...I think you might agree.
And then the cops started wearing all black and masks and driving military vehicles.
What was etf like back then ???
A very professional officer!
Amen
We need more police like him
A man of the people I agree with you all
Very impressed with Lyn and his attitude as he goes about his duties .
It’s amazing to see how far automobile safety has come.
Like it even rings at you if you don’t wear your seatbelt
2021 baby
lol if you think auto safety has come a long way since 1987 you obviously do not live in gta and if you do you obviously never travel on a 4__ hwy frequently LOL
@@brianlacroix822 They are referring to the crumble zone and other modern engineering that sacrifice the car for the drivers safety. Most luxury sports cars will fall apart due to safety engineer if they crash at a high speed, which actually saves the driver in most cases.
A medium and low speed collision would have possibly given you permeantly debilitating injuries. A medium or high speed collision would most likely kill you, sometimes even if you wore a seat belt.
Now adways most cars automatically slow down or apply breaks immediately if it detects you driving at high speeds and if you're approaching a stopped or slow moving object, which of course saves lives.
In my opinion vehicle “safety” does little to nothing when we have distracted drivers more dangerous than drunks without a smartphone in 2022. In my opinion automobiles could have been changed less, and made with the reminder to the driver that driving is dangerous and driving a “safe” car should not deter safe driving practices. Let’s make cars with style and character again. Let’s make cars dangerous to drive, and maybe that will encourage people to be more careful.
Fascinating and awesome time capsule showing Metro Police in the late 80's. One thing to remember is that this was done before the show "COPS" made its debut. So, the idea of cameras following police along on an average day was much more novel back then.
Thanks for recognizing that Chris. We had to do a lot of negotiating to get permission to do the ride along. Lyn was very supportive and assured the brass that he would do a good job. Lyn sat in on most of the edit sessions to help ensure it was a fair portrayal. If only we had copy written the concept before COPS came along.
@@greggrimes4252 Do you know how the Constable is now? He must've joined the service in 72' and be retired now.
What a incredible ride along of the past thanks to Mr. Greg Grimes for sharing this with the world
Thank you. I was so happy to be able to digitize the old VHS tape so that the history would be captured.
@@greggrimes4252 what happened to this cop
Great interesting coverage of the cruiser speeding to the accident and the scene investigation, love the 80s , how different then , police cars, uniforms, weapons, technology. This is an awesome video of a day in the life of Toronto police officer
the greatrest part was the radios they had inside of the cars, actual telephone handsets...but you got to admit, those Dodge Diplomats were pretty good cars back then...
I believe that was eglinton and danforth
Interesting to see him driving down streets I know well.
Amazing how much (and yet sometimes so little) has changed in 30 years.
This is a good insight into how a Toronto Police officer worked in the 1980s on a hot summer shift in July! This officer was quite professional and respectful to everyone he talked to as well as willing to help when needed!
Those were the days when only criminals hated them. Today the media encourages everyone to hate them
Wow what a blast from the past and a nice piece of history. You have to remember;
- No vests
- No extendable batons
- portables were simplex only (VHF) not 700mhz with encryption like today's system that TPS currently uses. Those MITRE's back then had limited range
- no cages in the cars
- no shotguns in the trunk
- Revolvers with limited rounds.
- no dash cams
Technology had come a long way! But at least they had the PBT!
Thanks for the upload.
And no donuts!
We got the cruiser in the video specifically without the cage to allow for easy access for the two crew members and our bulky equipment. The cruiser was not a patrol cruiser and was used in a different division. We needed the room to do the production. Any transports were done using cars with the correct safety screen.
@@greggrimes4252 thanks for sharing!
Also don't forget no Tasers.
@@greggrimes4252 how is Ray Castellucci doing?
Lol love that on his briefcase. Talk to my lawyer. Roflmho. Wow it's amazing to see what our fire trucks, ambulances and cop cars looked like back then. I had forgotten. Simple days. No computers. Lol
Partitions for patrol cars I guess were not even invented yet to help protect the officers from the suspects that they put in the backs of their patrol cars...and those Dodge Diplomats, those were some classic patrol cars back then...
@@pizzasubs Hi Andrew... Metro Toronto Police were transitioning from yellow to white police cars when we did this video. The cruiser that was used in the video was from downtown and was used in a non-patrol manner typically. It was brought intentionally to our division for the program to allow more room for our large camera equipment, two crew members and production support equipment. Any transports were done with cruisers with the proper divider.
Damn! i'm tired just having watched this officer work his shift. lol!
Yeah, the part I couldnt understand that he actually worked a full 12 hour shift and he didnt even get a chance to get something to eat, dont know if that was a good thing back then or not......
@@pizzasubs Liver stores up to 3 days of nutrients. And 1 pound of body fat is 3000 calories. Glycogen takes 30 to 40 hours to deplete. He's fine.
Man, classic cruiser. Love the PVC pipe from the roof lights running to the engine!
He seems to be a very caring and professional officer - I admire him.
Cops looked more approachable back then. Their uniforms made them look more of a civil servant. But then again the city was probably safer aswell compared to now.
Yea, today they are steroid abusing monsters.
I was born 3 months before this shift, now I proudly wear his uniform... well, plus my type IIA armour, my X2, OC spray, expandable asp and about 30 more hollow points lol. It's amazing to see the men who blazed the trail before me, thanks for the great video! I'd happily watch as many of these as I can.
funny how he let her go for no insurance haha hmmm
@@clinnjavier9577 haha no kidding! She gets nothing meanwhile today that's a 5k hit
@@TheCSC017 good ol days the 80s lolll he seemed cool
Thank you for your service !
You wear his uniform?
Did the never change styles?
Did you have to have have it altered to fit you?
This is a great piece of history! My friend's paternal grandfather was an RCMP officer back in the 1960s to 1980s, assuming he served for at least 20 years! He wore the Red Serge, the brown tunic and the light blue working uniform and carried a revolver, handcuffs, and a police radio. Back then, being an RCMP officer was far less dangerous than it is today and people actually respected police officers back then. Nowadays the RCMP is different than back then in both good and bad ways!
I live in one of the areas shown and its shocking what has totally changed and what is the same today as it was 30 years ago.
Including the police cars. 🇨🇦😎👍
Yep, they went from these cars to the Chevy Caprices, to the Ford Crown Victorias, to the Ford Taurus and now the Ford Explorer. Is it weird that I know this? LoL 😁
Yeah
@@steveespinola7652 the crown vics were cool
Very professional officer!!
I love watching videos on law enforcement from the 80s and 90s
Thank you for showing this. I'm surprised he did "NOT" check his Emergency Lights before going out. In the 1980s when I was a Reserve cop. The first thing we did was check all the Emergency Lights.
1988 was a long time ago now. The mind wonders where are these people are at now. Especially the offcer we followed.
We need more of this in schools, TV, billboards, and cell phones
Great cop👏👍. Miss the 80s
What a great video, this was the way it was in the old days. The citizens were respected by the police.
Must've been glorious days for journalists and cameramen.
Back when they told the truth, yes.
Them 80s videos and music seem like a video game 😆 love watching training vids...that stash makes you a LEO in the 80s not the badge. Respect 🙌
Wow 1987 this is the old area I grew up, how simple times were but TPS was always busy
was? is
Oh damn, no blue lights?
This really was the past
And yellow fire trucks AND cruisers? Hot damn
Yes, things were very different 30+ years ago. The cruisers were in the process of transitioning to white from yellow and we were fortunate enough to get one of the new white ones from downtown for the show. We actually tried to avoid showing any yellow cruisers initially but gave up when we got to the accident call. Thanks for watching.
@@greggrimes4252 this video is awesome. Thanks for posting!
I like the old Dominion Automotive lightbars used on the police cruisers. Very similar to OPP's set up.
thanks for uploading Greg!
I remember this and the yellow police cars how time flies!
Thanks for the upload! Great Video
The accident scene was my favorite; I can see clear influences of late 60s/early 70s filmmaking in how they presented this scene, even though it took place in the mid-late 80s. It is quite fascinating. Plus, we get the 'pure documentary' affect to boot. The [power of public television is much underrated.
Ah....the good old days before airbags...where the cabin WAS the crumple zone.
16:23 came all the way from Newfoundland just to write the car off in Ontario
He joined the Toronto Police in 1972 , Different times ,Different people .Funny Blue uniform,Funny tools, Funny Police car ,Funny people. I love those days .
I was a Toronto cop with 42 Division back then,great fun!
Thank you for your service!
Professional at all trades great work.Thanks!
This brings back so many memories such as the accident on Danforth Road at Ellington. That walk across is long gone but i remember it very well.
Phone numbers before the extra 3 digits.
I would NEVER go to SGH.
I love the old emergency shows these shows inspired me to one day work as a firefighter for my town
so priceless time have changed alot
Thanks for the upload !!
Interesting looking car radio. Love these shows. ;)
I was thinking this was going to be boring. Quite liked how it was a realistic look and not going "oh look how exciting this job is" and explaining how much of a strain it is on home life
Loved this guy, super professional
One thing about the police service back then is that they were very professional. They way he's advising the Newfie guy and the language he's using. 💯 Respect!
This is from my home town of Toronto, Ontario Canada.
Correct. This is actually in Scarborough, then part of Metro Toronto.
Thank you so much for posting this!
Awesome blast from the past! Const. Chapman was great, and I wish him all the best. Where was that flea market? (break in call) It must be long gone by now.
It prob was the one at Eglinton west of McCowan/Danforth on the north side. There's townhouses there now.
@@at1212b Cool, thanks. It was in the Alene Plaza, or something? I think it was in a small plaza there that was replaced by townhouses, you're right.
I wish cops were still that nice and comforting.
Wow there is so little cars compared to today, among other things lol. I forgot about that walkway for the bingo on Mccowan and eglinton. Scarborough was a much better place to live back in those days, its crazy how bad it got in so little time.
Current and longtime Scarborough resident. It's not bad as it is made out to be. Actually a lot better.
What a different time! Workhorse Dodge vehicles a community that cares and optimism!
the beginning when he arrives to work, his black socks! yes!!!
that music in the start is awesome
That lady that told the officers to get the camera out of there was rather rude
Yeah just a little bit. Especially when the police were there twice 😣🙄
That’s nothing compared to some of the other abuse that they’d see.
31:19 Victoria Park and Lynvalley Crescent. The old McDonald’s now a closed Rexall store.
R I P
I recognized that area when I was little. The bridge to Elaine Plaza to now No Frills is long dead. Farewell that and Caddy’s.
Man I am loving the vintage Chrysler Products.
Great vid from Toronto! I think that tower at 11:44 is still there today.
It is, he’s at Pharmacy and Eglinton I believe
Yep. behind the Walmart now.
Mr. Lahey talking about Sunnyvale at 10:55.
HAHAHAHA
I remember those days... 1730HRS and barely anyone on the Eglinton. Times have changed.
That siren 🙉. Must be giving nightmares after retirement
PA400 siren
A more exciting show idea would be "A Day In The Life Of A Metro State Funeral Escort Officer"
That's what I assumed this was. UA-cam's getting sloppy.
A fun thing to do is search up the places they are in and go into stream view and compare the similarities and differences of the area from 1980-now
"Ok we're gonna roll on this" is what I will say before I do anything from now on.
Damn that song plays every time i leave the house until i make it home......
So cool. Scarborough!!!!. My uncle invented Elmer The Safety Elephant. Lol, the drunk driver at the end looks like someone I know/knew. Thomas. Scarboro Cable Progress Rd, up the road was a welding place where you could get tanks filled. Bellamy was a dead end. Kids use to take their motorcycles to ride there. Goood Memories. Scarborough was such a kick ass place to grow up in. Now it's a shit hole. Over crowed.
What a great officer!
I was Born this day it was filmed! Kind of crazy
It’s so great to see the streets where I grew up. 41 Division was just demolished and they started construction of the new building which will be completed in 2025.
Funny how the loud music back then is what people nowadays blast everyday
omg back injury after back injury @21:16, the way he lifts omg no wonder they all went on disability LOL, and then there's the guy holding on to the door😂😂😂
awesome video! do cops use those little books anymore?? and what are those books?? lol
Police officers in Canada still use those books. They are required to keep notes in the book to be entered as evidence or to assist with recall when preparing documents or appearing in court. They are still used to this day and take up a large part of the officers patrol shift as they have to make their notes both accurate and concise.
imagine being a police officer in US everyday dealing with mental people basically you are a mobile psychiatrist dealing with issue rather then a static one in a cozy office.
Ah the Plymouth Caravelle RWD. Peel Police had the Chev Malibus in yellow
A lot has changed in policing since this was made!
the good old days when police were seen as the good guys and people still had some respect and common sense
Never knew the LA Noire phones existed still in the 80's
Nice retro vid. Amazing. I wish I saw more vids like this.
“What’re ya doing?”
Adorable
The days when driving without insurance didn't get you penalized with a $5000 minimum fine...
Gotta love Toronto
Interesting how they have their own phone in the hospital
18:08 patient completely blackboarded, spine not immobilized. Brilliant.
dang look at that dept issued piece!! lmao
Nowadays in the US if they can’t get in they’ll cover the place and wait until they get a key and clear it to avoid breaking windows. I think that’s also true of Canada too(?)
@tvercetti1 no shit
The drivers seemed a little mature to be playing chicken like that. Can't figure out the amount of damage to the cars otherwise....wow
Good times..
I love the old cop cars
LOL I Thought this was SCTV
Less than 20 minutes into a video about a day in the life of a Metro Toronto cop and there's a suspected impaired driver from Newfoundland...stokes the fires of stereotype.
I'm certainly not offended, but LOL'ing at this.
😄😄😄
0:41 … and I’m already in stitches over that horrible 80’s drum beat cliche and synth stab intro… 😂 🍿
7:00 it’s crazy that back then police could just honk their horns to pull people over.
Who else is here in 2021?? 🤯
All cops had mustaches back then.
Back in the 60's and 70's we had one of the FINEST police forces in the world in Toronto. In the 60's you had to be at least 5' 8" in height and 165 lbs, if I recall correctly. But they still recruited and trained the biggest men they could find. We had lots of constables that were 6' 4" and 210 of muscle, and they didn't didn't take any guff from nuisances. Besides that, we had the sharpest looking uniforms in the world, with the blue shirts and back in the 60's with the Sam Browne belts and those big covered holsters. Even a S&W Model 10 makes me nostalgic ! The majority of the citizens liked, trusted, and respected their police officers, except for of course the hard core criminals and rounders. Today your uniform is loud with POLICE on it, you look like bloody Storm Troopers, and how you can run, in a foot pursuit, let alone climb into a cruiser with all that kit, and silly hardware on, baffles me. You coppers today are equipped for the coming zombie apocolypse ! Give me back the 60's and the bright yellow cars, too.
Minimum height was 5'9" and minimum weight 160 lbs. and no "employment equity" (White men need not apply) didn't come into play until the early 1990s. Hiring standards began to fall and "visible minorities" were hired and promoted beyond their abilities to simply meet a quota-hire of NON-whites. With Const. Chapman's professionalism seen in this video he should have reached the rank of Inspector or Superintendent instead of a Sergeant after 20 or 30 yrs.
Peel Regional Police (adjacent to Toronto) have a Sri-Lankan-born POLICE CHIEF, Caribbean-born DEPUTY CHIEF and recently retired Guyana-born (female) DEPUTY CHIEF, plus an unknown number of other high ranking NON-whites. TORONTO's first Black POLICE CHIEF recently retired ... was another foreign-born affirmative action hire and fast-tracked up the ranks. Forget about those previous hiring standards based on merit, intelligence and experience that we had in the past ... today's policing is more about politics and political correctness.
@@gordonjv1939 Spot on !
This is when cops were actually cops and cared about their jobs.
let me guess, you are an elderly person, we all want what we cant have and thats why people always want the good old days, but there is no good old days, each generation wants what was around in their youth, because thats where most of their memories are, and thats what they never can get back
I'm not an elderly person, I'm in my fortys though if you saw me you would think I was in my twentys( I take care of myself) I'm just saying back then when I was a kid in the 80's cops actually cared about their job.
They still do
OK, some actual care about their jobs I will give you that but there are others that just don't really care at all.
The police today should look at how professional and courteous this officer was, he did a great job in every situation he was involved in. I guess he is retired now.
Only criminals are treated like shit so unless you are a criminal or a dumbass in general you wont have problems with the police
4:20 lol the police broke the window and the lock.
Wow those old mobile and portable radios really interfered with the TV cameras.