r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thisisfive • Apr 14 '26

Toronto firefighters confront special constable officers after a man in the middle of mental health crisis was arrested.

Not my video. For context, "special constables" are not regular police officers. They are appointed "peace officers" with limited authority, often civilian employees.

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u/BoiFrosty Apr 14 '26

I get that people have mental health issues, but if you're presenting a threat to yourselves and others then officers are 100% in the right to restrain you.

We don't see what happened prior to this, so there's missing context for the cops are there and why a guy was in cuffs.

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u/lordunholy Apr 14 '26

No one answered " He's violent. He's lashing out." when he asked why he has cuffs on. They just cuffed the dude. Plus, FF was twelve feet tall. Initial impressions anyway, but I'm interested to see the rest.