For about ten years I was a Auxiliary Police constable here in Toronto. That is a unpaid and unarmed position. Most Auxiliaries want to do the fun details, like the Santa Claus parade, and traffic control at the Blue Jays games. I was the opposite, I worked full time for Metro Toronto Ambulance, and on my days off ( we only worked 3 or 4 shifts in seven days ) I would go in and ride along with one of the traffic guys, who rode solo. The traffic cops were also required to answer emergency radio calls, so quite often I was involved in situations where physical fights were common.
One time we stopped a car and the driver was asked for " license , registration and proof of insurance " He kept pulling insurance slips out of the glove box and handing them to my partner. Each one was expired, and Bill kept ripping them up and dropping them on the ground, until the guy finally came up with one that wasn't expired. His driver's record on the computer system was about 4 pages long, he had been charged so many times and convicted for various offences . He was driving while under suspension, and impaired by alcohol, so he went into the back seat of the patrol car in cuffs, the car was impounded, and he was charged for the 4th time with impaired driving. This time he got hit hard....9 months in jail, a $2,000 fine and a 5 year no driving ban. No insurance company would write a insurance policy with that record behind him. He had to hire a man to drive him around as he was the national sales manager for a big manufacturing corporation. JimB.
