...while shaking your head? Is the little old lady posting a LOST CAT sign going to be confronted by an armed man who in a lot of instances, based on many reports, is still wearing the helmet and does'nt know the war is over.
Mammoliti Wants to Arm By-law Officers
Mon, 2010-04-26 04:30.
A city councillor who wants to be mayor of Toronto is likely to raise some eyebrows with his latest proposal.Giorgio Mammoliti says bylaw-enforcement officers should be armed with guns.
Mammoliti says bylaw officers are often the first to arrive at crime scenes or an emergency, but can't do much because they don't have the power.
He wants to give them the power to arrest people caught posting signs or painting graffiti on city property.
He says a lot of graffiti is the work of gang members and that the bylaw for defacing city property isn't being enforced due to a lack of resources.
Mammoliti wants to increase the fine for defacing city property to $5000 dollars.
He also says young offenders nabbed painting graffiti or posting flyers on bus stops or hydro posts should be subject to community service -- along with their parents.
(The Canadian Press)
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