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if-you-fan-a-fire · 2 years

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"POLICEMEN WHO CONTROL STREET INTERSECTIONS," Toronto Star Weekly. August 10, 1912. Page 7. ---- Live a Life That Is Nerve-Racking - Must Always Be On the Alert. ---- P. C. McMENOMY IS DADDY OF 'EM ALL --- Has Been Ten Years At King and Yonge Hobson and Bolton At Queen and Yonge. --- By G. E. M. IF some eccentric individual were to hold a question and answer com- petition concerning geographical Toronto and make the awards according to the greatest number of correct answers per minute, the honors would doubtless fall to certain men among the police traffic squad. There are four men in particular who occupy, so to speak, the butt end of the human interrogation point, and the manner in which they rattle off the answers reminds one much of a schoolboy reciting "Lucy Grey."

The two busiest corners in the city being the intersections of King and Queen on Yonge, it is naturally expected that the constables who regulate the traffic at those points are the most adept on the force. As a matter of fact, they are, and the things they know about the city are surprising. Perhaps at the same time they are the four best-known policemen on the force. It may be that they are not known by name, but at least they are by figure and gesture, for they have their mannerisms which one cannot forget. Any person who has traveled this city for any length of time will recognize all the accompanying photos, and doubtless he will recall times when the same bluecoats have been obliged to be authoritative when the same traveler was in an auto or other vehicle.

One of the men is W. R. McMenomy, commonly known as "Bill" or "Mac," and he enjoys the distinction of being the longest-service traffic regulator in the city. Of a rather sturdy figure, with a deliberate, emphatic gesture, The will be recognized by all as the man who rules the little kingdom at the corner of King and Yonge. He can't help being recognized, for he has been there ten years now, and is the day- duty man. Occasionally he has a day off, or takes the evening shift, but he's the rather dark man who could, if he would, nod to half the motor owners in town.

A Rather Likely Man. IN the days when it first occurred to the police to handle the street corners, "Mac" was brought up from Division Four as a likely man who would know where to find his own head in a case of emergency. At that time McMenomy had one year's experience on the force, so he still had his laurels to win. In due course the emergencies cropped up, and to know where "Mac" was at those times you have only to remember that he is still meeting them. An emergency, roughly defined, is a combination of facts thrust upon the officers-without a moment's warning, demanding a solution, and with the life of one or more citizens depending entirely upon that solution. For instance, there was a big skyscraper being built adjoining McMenomy's domain not many months ago, and one day a big plank fell from a scaffold way up. Out of the corner of his eye "Mac" saw the plank falling, and he also saw a teamster driving across the corner, straight under the falling weight. He could have folded his hands and shouted, but he didn't. Instead, he stopped the horse. It looks simple, yet it was a case where the seconds counted. That is only one instance of a quick wit in explanation of why a police constable may remain on one corner regulating traffic for ten years. The post is of too great importance to takes chances with inexperienced men.

Still, McMenomy may get his skill from heredity. It is to be recalled that at the time of "Mac's" birth his father was a police constable in the city of Ottawa, so the training has been there from the first. He is a young man yet, only thirty-two years of age, and his prospects of promotion are bright.

Hobson and Bolton. FARTHER up Yonge, at the other important crossing, Queen street, there are to be found two men, almost as well known to the general question-asking public, who alternate their duties during the busy hours. They are Ernest Hobson and Herbert Bolton. The first, who passes as Ernie, joined the force in 1903, and he takes a double-sided view of his position. Instead of claiming to be an educator of the public, he believes he is an absorber of knowledge, because of the chance he gets to study the general public. In the four years of his service at that post he has doubtless answered a hundred times the number of questions that the average citizen would answer in the same time. They pour in from morning till night, and so well does he know the city, its buildings, streets, etc., that very rarely he has to refer to his book of knowledge. He is a type of the collected officer, quick and firm, bit, as all other officers, he has a graded gesture. It is only human nature to expect that the style of gesture depends entirely on the tone of for some time might stand on the side- walk and know just the degree of humbleness or pride with which the questioner approached.

Like a Game of Chess. If the officer cuts away with a sharp, quick jerk, and doesn't waste any time over his words, all of which is in the regulations, you may know that somebody has said something like this: "Hi, Con., where's Queen street?" If the gesture is slightly prolonged, accompanied with the least bending of the neck, you can fancy something like this: "Officer, could you tell me where I could find so and so?"

Officer Hobson was once heard to remark that the position was something like a game of chess, as the man must keep his mind on the fact that somebody is depending upon his every move, that a false move is little less liable to leave him in predicament than it is the other person. For instance, the pedestrian public has learned to depend upon street cars being brought to a stop at just such a point every time, and, knowing this, they will take the chances of running in front of a moving car. Suppose the officer gave the wrong signal, what would happen to the citizen, and what would happen to the officer? Fire apparatus are always hard to handle, but it is astonishing how quickly one of these officers can clear a crossing of all vehicles and cars the moment he hears that clarion gong. A few months ago Officer Hobson proved his ability by leaping into a passing automobile which had knocked down a woman, arresting the driver, and forcing him to drive the injured person to the hospital. For this he obtained a merit mark, and he has three such marks to his credit.

A Veteran of the Navy. OFFICER BOLTON came to his duty on the same corner with a peculiar record. For five years he was a stoker in the Royal Navy, serving on H.M.S. Juno in the Mediterranean Sea, also at the coronation of King Edward at Spithead. He also served on H.M.S. Drake at the North American and West Indian Stations, and H.M.S. Iphigenia on the China Sea. At the time of the Russo-Japanese war Bolton did service on a torpedo-boat destroyer in the war zone, witnessed some of the engagements, and afterwards helped to clear away some of the broken mines and wrecks of Russian ships along the mercantile route of the British trade. In 1906 he joined the local force, and for the past three years has been on duty at the Queen street crossing.

The absurdity of some of the questions which are being hurled at him daily is one of the things which helps this officer to look cheerful. For instance, if somebody didn't come along about once a day, stare straight at the sign "Queen street," and ask him where they could find Queen street, he would not be happy. Also he doesn't in the least mind a citizen telling him there's a baby crying in front of Knox's, and would he mind going over and quietingit. One thing, however, which is aggravating is to be asked if he knows where Frank Jones lives. The helmet chin strap gives him trouble, the American visitor being the chief offenders, who cannot understand its use.

Study New York Methods. JUST how important the traffic regulation is being looked upon by the superior officers is shown by the fact that Chief Grasett has said that two men must go to New York soon to study methods in operation there. At the same time, it would seem that suggestions from the traffic squad themselves, the men who are in the midst of it for eight hours a day, wouldbe the most valuable.

It is to be recalled of Ernest Hobson that he was once called "Roosevelt the Second," the title being gained about two years ago when he shot a black bear not far from the corner. This last statement is not clipped from "The Star."

Image captions: SUPREME IN AUTHORITY AT TORONTO'S PRINCIPAL STREET INTERSECTIONS Left: POLICEMAN MCMENOMY who directs traffic at King and Yonge Sts. Top centre: Where Police Cons. McMenomy Lives

Bottom centre: Police Constables BOLTON AND HOBSON whose post of choice is at Queen and Yonge Streets

Right: POLICEMAN ALEXANDER HILL assistant at King and Yonge.

#toronto #toronto police #traffic cops #regulating traffic #fighting traffic #life of the automobile #urban policing #modern policing #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

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daybrightsims · 3 months

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Driving to get my lunch today, there was a police officer stationed at the entrance to Chick-fil-A to navigate traffic between the restaurant and regular street traffic. That's how many people were at Chick-fil-A.

Like... politics aside... the food is OKAY. I had Chick-fil-A for the first time in years a few months ago and was like "yeah, it's chicken. It's fine."

Please explain the CHOKEHOLD this religious chicken has on ya'll. Or is it the customer service?

I dunno, man.

#thoughts #normal life content #fast food #lunch #chick fil a #traffic #traffic cops #lunch rush #the waffle fries are okay too #like i could excuse this tomfoolery for popeyes MAYBE #but the lord's chicken #why?

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brokenfoxproductions · 8 months

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Every single time people try to argue that police don't entrap people or don't try to trick people, I like to remind them that the Pennsylvania State Police literally switched to vehicles a few years ago that are gray on gray, meaning that you can't see them at night and their logos are only visible at night when your headlights hit it and cause it to reflect. They specifically did this so that they can hide for speed traps better, but it also makes it extremely dangerous because people can't see them on the fucking road. They literally made their cars as impossible to see at night as possible despite the fact that it causes safety issues for drivers, because they get bonuses for giving extra tickets and because they make a lot of money through petty traffic citations.

They also diverted large amounts of tax dollars out of the Pennsylvania department of transportation to do this despite the fact that we have some of the worst highways and bridges in the entire nation (I'm not sure if we're still in the top three worst bridges in the nation but we were last time I checked, and I believe we're still in top five worst highways.) They had also just gotten brand new police cruisers about 2 years before this design overhaul, and instead of just painting their old cruisers, they got brand new ones. It literally just seems like they did this to waste tax money and to be able to fuck with people.

New gray "stealth" interceptors (above) versus the old, standard black and white design (below). Note the difference in contrast and visibility, and try to imagine which one you would be able to see if they had no lights on.

They literally wasted our fucking taxpayer dollars on this shit but they won't fix a bridge that has been broken since 1996 in fucking Harrisburg, our literal state capital. I know this seems like bitching, but I just literally hate this so much.

#Pennsylvania #acab #tax dollars #penndot #politics #police #Pennsylvania State Police #police entrapment #traffic cops #me bitching mostly

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one-time-i-dreamt · 5 months

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I made an illegal u-turn to get on some kind of exit ramp, kind of accidentally cut someone off but they just pulled around me and sped away. A little further down the road I come upon that same person pulled over by a traffic cop, see their hand sticking out their window pointing at me, then the cop gestures for me to pull over also. I thought I was gonna get a ticket but the cop just wanted to referee while we fought to the death.

#dream #illegal u turn #u turn #driving #unsafe driving #car #cop #traffic cop #police #violence tw #death mention

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piglinmyfeet · 6 months

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The secret life players are all in different genres of show I just don't know what everyone is yet

Mumbo is obviously having his summer romance, Joel's up to some looney tunes shit, Scar's having a court drama, and BigBs in a psychological horror

#trafficblr #traffic series #traffic smp #secret life smp #joel smallishbeans #bigb #goodtimeswithscar #mumbo jumbo #i would like to emphasize that i have never watched paul blart mall cop but based on my limited knowledge of it #whatever that is is what jimmy and martyn are up to #inthelittlewood #solidaritygaming #< in the tags #my very own post

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chrissy-kaos · 1 month

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That court fit.. about to go hurt this judge and DA’s feelings real quick 😂

#don’t fuck with a lawyer #acab #fuck cops #fuck judges #fuck district attorneys #traffic tickets are a cash grab #street sharking is not a crime #all cops are bastards #all cops are bad #all cops are pigs

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lazyvoyager · 1 year

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More incorrect quotes

#levi #steel #fhr #sorry I made you a traffic cop Chen 🤣

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achjira · 1 month

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I drew A TON of darcy, i still have a lotta submas shippy sketches i wanna clean before posting

#oc #art #submas #subway boss emmet #darcy is kind of a traffic cop in the city #i feel like he'd love working in the metro tho #he has low self esteem tho

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retropopcult · 11 months

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Los Angeles, 1932. “Tom Jensen, police officer.”

#vintage #1930s #traffic cop #LAPD #vehicles #DeVaux car #Hudson Essex

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kply-industries · 26 days

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#animated gif #animated gifs #gif #gifs #old advertisements #old ads #retro #vhs #cop #police #halt!#stop!#quit it!#whistle #traffic enforcement #looping gif #80s

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moregraceful · 6 months

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the famous and widely beloved sierra @whoredeleau is visiting and i'm legitimately having so much fun i could barf BUT. before they came i was bragging soooooo much about how i'm SUCH a safe driver and am SO TRUSTWORTHY and literally drive bunny and lesa and their crew around SOOOO safely all the time except for sometimes cutting off f-150s. and then literally three hours into sierra being in san jose blew through a red light in front of a train and got pulled over by a traffic cop within seconds...all time kasper move

#me: oh fuck that was red. hope there was not a cop around #the cop: [literally right behind me]#sierra: LMAO #i deserve whatever $700 fine i get. like i'm not even mad bc it was SUCH a no brains moment over a very basic traffic law #everyone should visit me. you can't get experiences like that as a regular tourist #fresno oilers.txt

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theflirtmeister · 3 months

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"your top 15 favourite tv shows can say a lot about your personality!"

I was tagged by @jaggededges123, thank you!! Unfortunately I hardly watch ANY tv shows, so have a brief list of shows that stopped airing about six years ago

Top 15 Fave Shows in No Particular Order:

Hemlock Grove (fuck season 2 +3)

Gotham (fuck the last season)

It Miniseries 1990 (THIS COUNTS AS A TV SHOW)

Ghosts 2019 (fuck the last episode)

90 Day Fiance

Taskmaster

Friday Night Dinner

Bojack Horseman

Ted Lasso (fuck the last season)

Fleabag

True Detective