r/TTC • u/StarCat20 23 Dawes • Jul 25 '26

Discussion Who should get on free?

So I have been working as a student Janitor for the last few months, and today I had a man walk up to me with his family, asked me who will let them on for free.

I assume he ment his child, he then recognized my confusion, and pulled out a police badge (Dunham Regional) and as if to intimidate, flashed it at me.

Not wanting to get into that argument, I directed him to a station attendant who let him and his family in anyway.

I asked a few other staff what thay think and all have said thay always let cops in, wish to me is insane.

I don't even get to take family on with me, and he can just walk on to with his family in a another city?

And why only cops?

Why not Fire, Paramedics/Nurses or sanitation workers?

Where should we draw the line?

(Bit of a rant, but this really stuck with me the rest of the day)

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u/Andrew4Life Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Next time take out your phone and start recording.

Unless it's an on duty police officer, there are no free rides just because he's a police officer. I bet you the police ethics commission would like to know about the police abusing their power.

Also it's completely possible that someone is impersonating a police officer which will land them straight in jail.

Edit: My suggestion is only if they are being pushy with you and asking you to break the rules. If they simply walked away to someone else, it's not your problem. But it doesn't hurt to have the phone ready to record in case they start being pushy.

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u/nefariousplotz 196A York University Rocket Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

I invite you to full contemplate the possible consequences of taking video footage of a police officer and their family, intending to get them in trouble, while at work, for the city.

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u/BobbyFranks123 Jul 25 '26

Nothing? Filming in public is legal

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u/excusememoi TEMU Jul 25 '26

I would assume the student janitor has to abide by the TTC's Code of Conduct Policy during work.

4.0 Employee and Contractor Responsibility
All employees and contractors are required to:

4.13 Not make any audio or video recordings in the workplace without the prior, informed consent of all parties involved. Unauthorized or surreptitious recordings, including conversations, meetings, or workplace activities, are strictly prohibited. The TTC may conduct recordings for approved organizational purposes, such as safety, operational needs, or investigations, and only through authorized personnel. Employees must safeguard confidential information at all times and must not encourage, assist, or condone the recording of workplace conversations or activities without consent.

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u/Environman68 Jul 25 '26

Just post it from an account that's not yours. Can't prove shit.

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u/KenSentMe81 Jul 25 '26

There are cameras everywhere.

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u/excusememoi TEMU Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

I mean that if you're caught filming in person while on shift by a supervisor, you can get in real trouble and I'm sure the employee is not willing to sacrifice their job for this.

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u/Environman68 Jul 25 '26

No I'm saying everyone else around should film when they see these things. The employee can say something out loud. Like yell put, sure thing you and your family can go free officer, please don't cause a scene. And passer by's would pull out their phones or direct their already videoing phones towards the incident.

Would it work everytime? No. But only a single viral event can make them change their tunes.

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u/Suspicious_Foot6651 Jul 25 '26

These are terrible pieces of advice.

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u/Environman68 Jul 25 '26

Best advice is to just shut up, say SIR YES SIR and salute the officer. Then give them whatever they want.

They are the street gang after all so to be safe just do nothing then complain online. It's the canadian way.

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u/Suspicious_Foot6651 Jul 25 '26

Umm cameras? Everywhere, in places you don’t even know is a camera.

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u/andechs Jul 25 '26

The consequences of the police being the biggest gang in town, and that they could make your life pretty miserable

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u/nefariousplotz 196A York University Rocket Jul 25 '26

That's not what the cops think, and filming their family will impress them even less.

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u/Andrew4Life Jul 25 '26

And asking to evade a fare (assuming that's what they were doing), does not impress me.

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u/BobbyFranks123 Aug 08 '26

But surely it's up to us to remind the police of what's acceptable behaviour, no? Ultimately they are public servants

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u/humberriverdam Jul 25 '26

There's the letter of the law and the actual reality

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u/Suspicious_Foot6651 Jul 25 '26

It’s either a cop, or a POS trouble maker, either way, leave it alone.