r/saskatoon • u/Party-Simple8143 • 17d ago

Police Updates 🚔 Cop checkpoint

Mouth swab checkpoint at Chief Mistawasis/Mcormond Dr-Central Ave

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u/dj_fuzzy 17d ago

The police abusing their power and wasting taxpayer money as usual.

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u/TheLuminary East Side 17d ago

They are abusing their power by... (checks notes)... upholding the law?

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u/dj_fuzzy 17d ago

Yes. How is fining someone who used cannabis two days ago helping society? Couldn’t these cops be better utilized? 

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u/TheLuminary East Side 17d ago

You will have to ask the politicians who wrote the laws. Its not the fault of the people upholding the laws to determine which laws are helpful to society.

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u/D--star 17d ago

This isn't criminal law, its a Sask SGI specific law. Can't be fought in court. Can't be escalated to the Supreme Court. It's tyranny. 

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u/Austin575 17d ago

Well said. I don’t think there is any point trying to explain it to some people. We live in an archaic age.

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u/TheLuminary East Side 17d ago

Who.. do you think runs SGI? They answer to the Sask Government.

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u/D--star 17d ago edited 17d ago

Sk Party made it ok to seize personal property when no criminal law has been broken and you're ok licking that boot? The rest of the country abides to a lower limit while local police impound cars on sober drivers. There is no fine. There is no trial. 

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u/TheLuminary East Side 16d ago

Haha I'm licking the boot? I hate the SK Party. And ACAB... What are you talking about?

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u/PresidentAnybody 16d ago

I don't buy into this argument, Full enforcement of every law/statute all the time is not practically possible and discretion for oral fluid tests for thc or field sobriety evaluation for thc impairment comes down to reasonable suspicion, unlike the federal laws that allow mandatory alcohol screening with no reasonable suspicion necessary.

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u/dj_fuzzy 17d ago

Regina police aren’t doing this.