Toronto is a safe city??? (compared to other large cities)
Is it? IMO...NOT. I don't think so. Almost every morning I wake up and turn on BT... And think to myself... so who got shot last night. Or... I wonder how many shootings there were last night.
As far as what's happened to TO. It's very simple... we are in denial. Toronto was warned 15 or 20 years ago... that the LA and NY style gangs were expanding and coming here. That LE and court systems etc should prepare. Our politicians and the powers that be choose to ignore that warning. Oh no not here, not in Toronto, not in Canada. Bunch of stupid dumb losers. Now look what's going on. And we are still in denial more or less even though it's slapping us right in the face. The government (all levels) refuses to properly finance and equip LE agencies to combat this problem. If they did then they would have to admit that we do have a problem and that is what they want to avoid. What are a few people's lives..? I need to get re-elected is basically their attitude IMO. I don't care what the stats say... crime rates have not gone down. In the '70s and '80s I felt safe in the streets of TO any time day or night. Now a days I don't. And I come up from the streets. And even I am scared late at night sometimes. We need stronger and more strict laws concerning crimes of violence, sex crimes, street crime, robberies, & drug dealing (pot the exception), especially crack dealers. And we need more LE out in the streets to enforce these laws. We currently have less uniformed cops on the force then we did have 10 years ago. Their equipment is old and falling apart... when is last time you saw a new cop car? Meanwhile the population has gone up, & IMO crime has gone up. Does that make sense? We need to get the message to the powers that be to prioritize the issues. Get that f***in crack dealer off the corner. Get those violent pimps who force girls into the biz out of here. (Leave the legit Indies, Agencies, & MPs alone) Give them long jail terms. No deals for gun crimes. Do the crime - do the time. And if they are from out of Canada - deport them immediately upon release. And install iris and/or face recognition machines at as many points of entry as possible so they can't come back.
Last but not least we need lots more re-hab for drug addicts so we can dry up as much as possible the market for these perps.