CTOA CopCast: Recent Episodes
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Host Jim Bremner opens the floor to Stefen Verstappen to discuss all things COVID, the Canadian Government’s response to the pandemic, the Freedom Convoy to Ottawa and more.
Host Jim Bremner catches up with Capt. Matt Sheehy discusses all things COVID, the Freedom Convoy to Ottawa, Vaccine Mandates, and more.
Host Jim Bremner chats with Dr. Peter Collins about COVID, Mental Health and Illness, the popularity of conspiracy theories and more.
Points of Interest
- The media has shown an uptick in incidents regarding extremism, what do you think is driving that? 4:09
- How does a recruiter get an individual to a point where they act upon their grievances? 5:13
- Do you think extremist groups thrive off of the exploitation of lawful protests? 7:37
- How do you begin to pull someone away from an (extremist) belief system?
- If we can’t get them off the team, how do we prevent them from getting on the team? 11:29
- What are some of the indicators that someone is turning towards extremism? What do we do as a community? 15:20
- A narrow interpretation of the world & a chosen religion 17:56How difficult is it for a (Muslim) family to see a child becoming radicalized?
- Are we legitimizing terror groups by putting them on lists and giving them attention? Should they be ignored? 24:23
- Are you seeing a link between organized criminal groups and extremist groups? 28:32
- How do people follow & get ahold of you? 31:29
- Ex-KKK working as a counter-extremist 32:25
Points of Interest
- What are your concerns with Bill C-10? :30
- Facebook asking users to ‘spy’ on others 4:00
- Censorship of Doctors by medical associations, where does this lead us? 10:20
- An ‘Orwellian’ time 14:50
- How do we go about educating young people who are totally unaware of what we are speaking about? 18:09
- Do you think an election is our only hope at this point? 22:02
- Difficulty relating to the modern politician 24:05
- Teaching young people to be independent, research history, and make their own decisions on topics 26:46
- How do people follow & get ahold of you? 29:34
Points of Interest
- What’s the difference between your tenure as the Toronto Police Association and what you are seeing today? :50
- What kind of feedback did you receive during your tenure? 3:17
- ‘Good officers don’t support bad officers’ 7:56
- Officers finding their own support, unable to get it from unions 8:50
- Do ‘Special Constables’ erode the authority of fully sworn officers? 13:06
- Do you think certain officers don’t engage and don’t get out of the car because they don’t feel support from their association? 16:43
- Do you think the added workload produced by Covid is affecting the mental health of officers? 18:38
- What advice would you have for a prospective member looking to join/become a board member of their particular association? 21:00
- Do you have any courses available? 25:40
- How do people follow & get ahold of you? 26:55
Points of Interest
- How do we serve the public in times of reduced budgeting? (1:18)
- Catharsis in the human interactions with an officer (5:16)
- Police as a social service (6:30)