Police borrow SQ helicopter
Friday evening I saw tweets complaining about a helicopter buzzing Mile End and Mount Royal park, and now the explanation: the SPVM borrowed it from the SQ to keep an eye on things and present a police presence to the populace.
Uatu 10:13 on 2021-06-05 Permalink
Well at least you know it’s there. I’m just dreading the next couple of years when we’re all going to be watched by near silent drones (if we aren’t already)
steph 10:19 on 2021-06-05 Permalink
We’re already doing it, and we’re doing to ourselves. check out on youtube the short film “We know what you did during lockdown” by James Graham. I judge we’re only one step behind present UK style surveilance.
walkerp 12:57 on 2021-06-05 Permalink
Pigs want to party too.
As someone else pointed out, maybe put that $1800 an hour to install decent washrooms and recycling bins in the park.
Chris 14:17 on 2021-06-05 Permalink
Silly populace, hanging out outdoors where it’s safer than indoors wrt covid.
JS 02:14 on 2021-06-06 Permalink
I went for a night bike ride on the mountain last night between 10:30 and 11:30. There was a big party with amplified music in the back of the field at the summit behind the chalet, lots of people dancing in the dark, with a string of light bulbs above what might have been a stage. The helicopter was around but so what.
A little later, after I left the mountain I biked through through the Plateau to find the helicopter. It was just hovering near Villeneuve & De Bullion facing west, with a few lights pointed downward. It seemed kind of useless tbh.