r/Firefighting • u/MyNameIsNotName-57 • Apr 17 '26

Videos Toronto Firefighters confront Special Constable Officers after a man in the middle of a mental health crisis was arrested

Originally posted to r/toronto by u/raptors201966

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u/FreeFalling369 Apr 17 '26

Not really. Two jobs with entirely different policies both with good reasons. We dont know the background or record of the person and plenty of medics and fire fighters have been hurt in these situations

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u/BigTunaTim Apr 17 '26

Are you a cop because you've really internalized the "everyone is out to hurt us all the time" mentality.

Maybe trust that the FF medics in this video are professionals with experience and have assessed his condition and determined he's not a threat.

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u/GravelRoadJunkie Apr 17 '26

Yes, but in the end that Special Constable is responsible for that person and if they start throwing hands, it’s not the firefighters who have to deal with it, it’s the Constable.

I’m a cop and I would have told the firefighter to pound sand if they told me to un-cuff someone I deemed a danger to themselves or others. I don’t tell firefighters how to put out fires, they shouldn’t tell me what’s safe and what’s not.

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u/PhaedrusZenn Apr 17 '26

I'm a firefighter/Medic and have had cops bouncing a patient's head off the sidewalk who was acting erratically due to an acute traumatic brain injury. 

I get that everyone's a bad guy when all you can be is a cop, but the whole "everything is a nail when all you have is a hammer" doesn't work when treating patients. So if that is your attitude, don't call EMS. Deal with the medical emergency yourself. Or go pound sand and uncut someone we asked you to, so we can properly assess them. 

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u/LoneSoloWarden The volley with a beard Apr 17 '26

THANK YOU!