Politically Incorrect

Toronto needs homeless police

According to Mayor David Miller, Toronto Police Services Board Chairman Pam McConnell, and the other left leaning members of city council, the most important function of Toronto’s police force is to reflect the diversity of the city. This is seemingly more important than protecting the public and fighting crime. Violent crime, such as this week’s shooting of three people at one of the busiest intersections in Toronto, doesn’t seem to catch the attention of the city mothers in the same way that the police force not having sufficient transgendered aboriginals to reflect Toronto’s diversity does.

Toronto’s police force can’t possibly reflect Toronto’s diversity without having some members who are homeless. The homeless are just as much reflective of Toronto as are other visible minorities. There may be a lot less homeless in Toronto than there are other groups such blacks or Asians but the homeless are a visible minority in Canada’s largest city. And it’s a good thing that they are visible; people would be constantly tripping over them if they weren’t. And contrary to those in the homeless business that like to pretend there are tens of thousands of them, the homeless represent a small minority of Toronto residents. That does not diminish the fact that they are needed to reflect the city’s diversity within the police force.

There would be advantages in having homeless cops. Mayor Miller is still pouting over the fact that the Police Services Board chose Bill Blair, a lefty cop, as the city’s new police chief and not his favourite, far lefty cop, Mike Boyd. About the only good thing that Miller had to say about Blair is that he actually lives in the city of Toronto. Now, the vast majority of police officers do not live in the city. They don’t live in 905 country because they don’t like the city- they do so because they do not want to live in the same area as the people that they police. Their choice of where to live makes perfect sense but it seems to be a big deal to the mayor. The hiring of the homeless will mean a whole new group of police officers that live in the city.

Not only do the homeless reside in Toronto, but they live downtown. Those that inhabit the grounds of city hall are just a hop, skip and a jump from 52 Division. No need for all that traffic jamming the 401 while police officers go to work from Pickering and Whitby. Just think of how many lives will be saved by the reduced pollution. And the homeless live close to the entertainment district where they can always make a few bucks shaking down bar owners.

It’s not likely that the Toronto Police Association, the police union, would object to the homeless joining the rank and file. The association is much too busy fighting amongst themselves and deciding which of their lawyers to suspend or not suspend to even notice the homeless swelling the ranks of the police service.

The addition of the homeless to the ranks of Toronto’s finest will not be without a downside. To begin with, the homeless themselves do not reflect the diversity of the city. There is a definite lack of women and visible minorities amongst those who call the heating grates of the city, home. When all is said and done, the vast majority of the homeless are just a bunch of those evil white males that are so hated by the political correct diversity freaks.

If Toronto’s police force is to truly reflect the city’s diversity, there will have to be homeless cops even though they will probably not be much help in ensuring that the safety of Torontonians. Luckily, public safety and fighting crime in the city is not a priority.

Arthur Weinreb is an author, columnist and Associate Editor of Canada Free Press. His work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Men's News Daily, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck and The Rant. Arthur can be reached at: aweinreb@rogers.com

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