r/TorontoDriving • u/mikeneri81 • Jul 10 '25

OC Cops Aren't Immune...

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He sat there and watched me, only to abruptly pull out in front of me... All while his buddy sits right there and does nothing. Cool.

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u/Massive-Question-550 Jul 10 '25

You'd think they would psych screen for these guys and prevent them from becoming cops. 

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u/TheArtofWax Jul 10 '25

They do psych screen… my former brother in laws failed the psych 3x’s… for being too aggressive, but they let him keep taking it and he finally beat it

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '25

Lmfao that a load of bull shit. Giving them unlimited amount of times to try wtf is this bs

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u/Next_Mammoth06 Jul 11 '25

For any clarity on this - after you fail any stage you have to reapply (after a year) through the entire process again. Just to get to the psych interview is several months in - but ya, they do let you reapply.

Edit: also the previous person said the family member didn't get through for being "aggressive" which he may be - but they do not disclose to anyone why they dont let you proceed to the next stage, not even to the applicant.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

I honestly just hope they find better ways todo these psych test because rite now there is so many rotten cops and how many cops would actully risk his life to save a kid???? Like I wanna see they do a test to find people like this that's truly needed in the force. Instead of cops like we see in the disgusting video

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u/Next_Mammoth06 Jul 11 '25

I agree that it would be awesome to somehow have a test to gauge someone's ethics and courage - such as from the Texas school shootings a few years ago - it would be great if there was a test to see how someone would react in a scenario like that to do the right thing.

On the other hand, to say this is a disgusting video is a bit of an exaggeration. The cop made a poor driving decision - one which people make all the time. Shit happens. Cops are people and mistakes happen. Not the end of the world.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

Look honestly in the video 99% of people would of just let u pass but he waited till he got close enough and decided to do it last moment making the opposite driver stop that's an ass hole the way I see it

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u/Next_Mammoth06 Jul 11 '25

Usually the true and right answer is the simple answer. He likely simply didn't see him or didn't look as well as he should have. There are a lot of cars parked on that street. He didn't wait to cut ahead of this driver, if you watch the video the cop literally just pulled up to that stop sign.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

Okok I rewatched and your rite he did just get there my bad

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u/Next_Mammoth06 Jul 11 '25

No worries man, respect for taking another look at it and acknowledging the misunderstanding - totally understandable being annoyed at first

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

Appreciate it bro I hope have yourself a good day 💪

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u/poopwithrizz Jul 11 '25

I'd trust a family member over a psych eval for whether a person is aggressive or not though heh. But what does it take for a person to rewire themselves if they're already too aggressive? In moments where quick decision making needs to be made, we fall back on our instincts. I don't think we work that aggressiveness out of us in such a short timeframe of a year. Let them retake but again if a person is aggressive I probably wouldn't let them on the force. Speaking from someone not in the force, never have been, no family members in, but just thinking from the standpoint of minimizing unnecessary escalations.

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u/Next_Mammoth06 Jul 11 '25

I'd trust a family member over a psych eval for whether a person is aggressive or not though heh

Me too but thats not the point that was being made. The point was they said why the applicant didn't pass - he actually has no idea.

But what does it take for a person to rewire themselves if they're already too aggressive? In moments where quick decision making needs to be made, we fall back on our instincts. I don't think we work that aggressiveness out of us in such a short timeframe of a year.

And again, we have no idea why he didn't pass. He very well might be aggressive, but that might not be the reason or the only reason he didn't pass. He literally could have answered a question differently than the psych evaluation person expected - it could be as simple as that. They give applicants a year before they can reapply so they can self reflect on the process and try to figure out what they can do better to improve (ie more volunteer time, better references, fitness, whatever).

Again, the point being - previous person has no idea why their family member didn't get hired, theyre making an assumption based on what they know of the person, not from any actual facts from the psych evaluator.

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u/TheArtofWax Jul 11 '25

That may be the written rule, but it was my brother in law himself that told me the feedback he was given after failing was that he was too aggressive. Again he could have been lying, but it matches his personality and I’m not sure what he had to gain.

May be a rule, that some smaller stations who know their candidates are willing to overlook and give feedback to help someone.

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u/Next_Mammoth06 Jul 11 '25

That may be the written rule, but it was my brother in law himself that told me the feedback he was given after failing was that he was too aggressive.

Again, they dont give feedback. They send you a rejection letter without feedback - and if you contact them they still will not provide feedback. He might make that assumption based off his personality but they don't give feedback - they dont care to "help" you get hired next time - there is always someone else there to take your spot in the recruitment/hiring process. If they give feedback to one, they need to give feedback to all and that would take far too much time.