Every fast food drive-thru worker in this city is a police informant

[gb123]

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A policing program that rewards fast-food drive-thru workers for calling the cops on suspected intoxicated drivers is raising questions about accountability and privacy in a mid-sized Canadian city.

Police in the city of Burlington, Ontario wanted to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road and came up with a novel idea: Why not recruit every fast food drive-thru employee in the city to be a potential informant?


They reached out to restaurant owners of Tim Horton’s, Dairy Queen, Wendy’s, A&W, Burger King, Arby’s, Harvey’s, KFC, Swiss Chalet and McDonald’s franchises, and in April 2017 Project Drive Thru was born. Since then, employees of 38 fast-food restaurants in the city have been trained by police to identify suspected drunk or high drivers who pull up to their drive-thru windows, and call 911 to turn them in.

“By taking part [in the program], you and your employees agree to be an extra set of eyes and ears for us,” read program materials prepared for restaurant managers by police and obtained by VICE News through a freedom of information request. “Even if you aren’t sure, call [police]. It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

"Even if you aren’t sure, call [police]."

 

[CalyxCrusher]

Since then, employees of 38 fast-food restaurants in the city have been trained by police to identify suspected drunk or high drivers who pull up to their drive-thru windows, and call 911 to turn them in.

The same police that need $274 million dollars for training on cannabis when recreational passes?.........

 

[VIANARCHRIS]

If I were a fast food worker in Burlington, I'd be calling 911 every time a cop went through the drive-thru. Maybe they would figure out giving minimum wage earning teenagers encouragement to report drivers will be abused. They will call just to get someone they don't like pulled over. It's a waste of resources and turns kids into rats.

 

[zoic]

My thinking exactly. Even better get one of the workers to call and report EVERY car. Make those cops regret starting such a stupid and offensive policy.

 

[CalyxCrusher]

So are they going to have a limit in terms of what quantity of food ordered would raise a red flag? "Sir you ordered 4 burgers and are alone in the car, I have contacted the local authorities". Meanwhile they'll use the reward money to buy themselves some weed......

 

[TheRealDman]

Ridonkulous!

 

[cannadan]

people will just have to make sure it effects their bottom line...
its enough to keep most people away...

 

[Farmer.J]

Ridonkulous!

So fast food workers are the D.R.E's (drug recognition experts)that the government needs to spend money on, I wonder if they get paid more than minimum wage for this talent lol?

 

[BleedsGreen]

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A policing program that rewards fast-food drive-thru workers for calling the cops on suspected intoxicated drivers is raising questions about accountability and privacy in a mid-sized Canadian city.

Police in the city of Burlington, Ontario wanted to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road and came up with a novel idea: Why not recruit every fast food drive-thru employee in the city to be a potential informant?


They reached out to restaurant owners of Tim Horton’s, Dairy Queen, Wendy’s, A&W, Burger King, Arby’s, Harvey’s, KFC, Swiss Chalet and McDonald’s franchises, and in April 2017 Project Drive Thru was born. Since then, employees of 38 fast-food restaurants in the city have been trained by police to identify suspected drunk or high drivers who pull up to their drive-thru windows, and call 911 to turn them in.

“By taking part [in the program], you and your employees agree to be an extra set of eyes and ears for us,” read program materials prepared for restaurant managers by police and obtained by VICE News through a freedom of information request. “Even if you aren’t sure, call [police]. It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

"Even if you aren’t sure, call [police]."

That is some fucked up shit right there! Power hungry fast food workers will abuse the hell out of this. Don't you dare complain about your order being wrong, if you do expect to be pulled over within a mile of exiting. I can't believe the franchise owners are allowing that, pissed off customers takes a business down quickly.

 

[ttystikk]

Teenagers calling the cops on business customers.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[The Hippy]

Fuck they can't even get my order right!!! Now they're able to judge impairment thru a drive thru window...too fuckin funny.
I'm surprised this isn't some schemes of the madd cronies. Those fuk wads would trample any freedom to satisfy their need for busybody-ness.

 

[Farmer.J]

I think that working the drive thru can be fast paced enough and most of them are too busy to care if people are fucked up or not. Most would be used to dealing with fucked up ppl by now. Like someone else said, half the time you are lucky to get the right order.
I could see possibly if the guy is crashing back and forth in the drive thru lane and reeks like booze but other than that they probably don't have enough time between orders to rat on customers.

 

[cannadan]

someone needs to youtube...themselves after being pulled over...for being impaired....and take that interview right back to the
franchise that did the calling....and film them being confronted....by the customer who was wrongly accused....
I would like to speak to the manager please...and need to know the name of your corporate rep....and not let
that story die until...the proper apologies and and law suits have been filed......
most likely the accuser will not be old enough, to partake in cannabis or alcohol... and will therefore....not be quailfied to make any kind of judgement....concerning impairing substances.
your likely to be accused for the way you dress or the way you talk, or the fact your wearing a bob marley t-shirt..or a budweiser cap, or you have just come from a camp fire and smell like smoke...

 

[cogitech]

Only in Ontario...

 

[thumper60]

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A policing program that rewards fast-food drive-thru workers for calling the cops on suspected intoxicated drivers is raising questions about accountability and privacy in a mid-sized Canadian city.

Police in the city of Burlington, Ontario wanted to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road and came up with a novel idea: Why not recruit every fast food drive-thru employee in the city to be a potential informant?


They reached out to restaurant owners of Tim Horton’s, Dairy Queen, Wendy’s, A&W, Burger King, Arby’s, Harvey’s, KFC, Swiss Chalet and McDonald’s franchises, and in April 2017 Project Drive Thru was born. Since then, employees of 38 fast-food restaurants in the city have been trained by police to identify suspected drunk or high drivers who pull up to their drive-thru windows, and call 911 to turn them in.

“By taking part [in the program], you and your employees agree to be an extra set of eyes and ears for us,” read program materials prepared for restaurant managers by police and obtained by VICE News through a freedom of information request. “Even if you aren’t sure, call [police]. It’s better to be safe than sorry.”

"Even if you aren’t sure, call [police]."

anyone eating at those nasty places should be jailed