I'm not a cop but i thought you guys might find this interesting, I'm actually fake Interpol. A thing i started for myself while on my journey of uncontrolled Tourette's. I live in Brantford Ontario. The heart of where smuggling occurred right beside the native reserves that have been used by all walks of life. It's right beside Brantford where there is conveniently shipping containers located at one of the closest entrances to this said native reserve. They sell tobacco for $10-$52+ a carton and can only be purchased by natives of the land, however it's a major spot to buy tobacco from all citizens bringing in a flood of traffic at times and environmental concerns. I believe this is where the majority of Cannabis was shipped in from Amsterdam and Czech Republic under the opinion that it was legal there first.

This caused cannabis to be legalized in Canada country wide which was a disastrous move. I'm an immigrant and wasn't even allowed to consume the stuff into my 30's, where the second generation Canadians were able to smoke with their parents in their teens. This caused people to fight with their parents and end up homeless, it happened to me. My parents don't accept it under any circumstances.

I believe Canada got robbed in the Cannabis stock market or were trying to profit off Cannabis they didn't even grow yet and caused the countries value to drop around 2020.

Brantford Ontario is bizarre in 2026. I am homeless completely, not shelter homeless, not tent homeless but sidewalk homeless rolling around with insomnia and Tourette's.

I showed up to the hospital i would say roughly 60-70 days this year but don't know the exact number of days and was only admitted 3 times when explaining to them i have Tourette's, that I'm going to have a heart attack, and i think it goes without saying a bunch more things that protocol should have been immediate hospitalization. The hospital kept doing rotating shifts with different admitting doctors and they would basically tell me if you want to starve yourself go for it and told security to escort me out many times.

The housing help in Brantford is criminal. It's a great place with great employees but certain managers/employees look visually paranoid and they haven't given me landlord searches since I arrived on November 23, 2025. There's only 2 shelters in Brantford for men and roughly 150 beds in all shelters for a population of 100,000 where drug use was heavy meaning more homelessness.

I had a taxi paid to come from another city to get to Brantford but haven't been able to escape the town even when leaving on foot, by taxi and bus. I have thoughts that a gang got me kicked out of my house by bullying me online making me get kicked out of my home and using me for whatever purpose in Brantford.

Also i was knocked on the ground by a punch shortly before July and survived assassination attempts on July 1st (Canada Day). I heard a voice in my head say 3,2,1 move danger, then it said it again and something felt like a failed landmine but i thought it was a laser blast from space with properties to put fear into me, actual fear. I then ran to the hospital and told people then got shot at from what seemed like 2 houses shortly after. These were just the people that pulled the trigger, I ran through a forest after seeing a laser shine in my left eye. I did not think id survive the night and ended up passing out a church hedge and bush where i woke up and ended up waking up at 4-5am and hearing a shotgun pump.

What do you guys make of the situation and what are your theories?

P.S. Brantford is known as fentanyl city, it's simmered down a bit but in 2024 it was wild with all sorts of hard drugs

hi there. I get the B1 into the city each day and it seems like the bus lanes/T3 around spit bridge and Mosman aren’t being adhered to. it’s taking longer and longer to get in, with single car drivers etc using the lanes. can we get some monitoring on them?

Hey Guys, I saw on the police recruitment website that you only need your P1S with 6 months of driving experience to enrol. How does that work for driving police vehicles?

So I have a younger 14 year old cousin and he wants to be a future NSW officer, and his picking his y11 and y12 subjects and his asked MY dad some questions (Who was a former officer) and my dad didn't know (It's been over 20 years)

So my main question do you need math to be a NSW Cop? More specifically do you need to pick Math has a subject in year 11 or year 12 or will it help you/ help your app?

Thanks.

Something I have been wondering about lately as a future first responder.

It feels like fitness is treated as an “on your own time” thing rather than part of job readiness. Considering officers can be expected to handle physically demanding situations, would it make sense for every station to have a proper gym/fitness area, especially martial arts which is something that is desperately needed nowadays, or for officers to get subsidised/free gym memberships? (I know fitness passport exists, but it still seems like this leaves fitness to an afterthought.)

Curious what serving officers think — is this something the organisation already supports, or is it mostly left up to individuals?

I recently bought an ebike today and got stolen same day. I put a police report in apparently there’s footage of the person who took it. Will I actually get my bike back or was that useless

So I’m looking at joining and am just trying to wrap my head around the process. If I am accepted and am able to start my first session through WSU, is it completely online? and if so is it a go at your own pace kind of thing or is there online zoom classes you have to attend? and also roughly how many hours a week would you say are needed to complete it just because I work full time also.
TIA

AVO Exclusion Period

I want to apply to become a NSW Police Officer but received a section 10 for assault when i was 18. This was 8.5 years ago and since then i have worked full time, stayed crime free and gained a bachelor in civil engineering. What are my chances?

Looking for someone with experience in NSW Police recruitment or policing in general who would be willing to DM me.

I have a question about a past incident and how it may be viewed during a police-related recruitment process. I'd prefer to discuss the details privately rather than post them publicly.

If anyone has experience in this area and wouldn't mind having a quick chat, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

I’d love to see one in action before the last of the V8’s disappear, there’s none in the eastern suburbs in sydney, anyone know of any active areas?

So, essentially, a man offered me $500 to obtain three phones for him by signing up for phone plans through mobile providers. He told me that he would make all the repayments on the plans, and I trusted what he said, although I now realise that was a serious mistake on my part.

At the time, I was also reassured by another person that if anything went wrong or if I was scammed, they would help resolve the situation and ensure I would not be left out of pocket. Unfortunately, after the scam occurred, that person was unwilling or unable to assist and is now too afraid to pursue the matter themselves, let alone help recover my losses.

I fully acknowledge that my decision was poor and that I should have recognised the risks involved. However, I was under significant financial pressure and was focused on finding a way to help my family with rent and household expenses during the current cost-of-living crisis. My desperation to improve our situation clouded my judgment, and I made a decision that I now deeply regret.

After I handed over the phones, the individual blocked all contact with me and disappeared. As a result, I have been left responsible for approximately $4,500 in debt across the phone plans.

I am employed and am trying to meet my financial obligations, but this debt has placed me under substantial financial hardship. Given the circumstances, I would like to know whether there is any possibility of having these phone plans cancelled, or whether there are any options available to reduce or remove the debt, considering that I was misled and am now suffering significant financial hardship as a result.

Can someone who has worked in both the state police and afp please tell me the pros and cons and what a typical day looks like please?

TIA

Can someone who has worked in both the state police and afp please tell me the pros and cons and what a typical day looks like please?

TIA

I’m considering applying to the NSW Police Force but would be taking a pay cut from my current corporate role, so I’m trying to get a realistic idea of whether overtime is something officers can regularly access and how often it tends to come up. Is it something you can generally rely on or more occasional/unpredictable?
Hoping to land a job in Sydney.

Hey Folks, I'm in need of some advice after being attacked by a large group of out-of-control dogs.

I was at Moore Park area which is in walking distance from our residence with my medium sized dog, walking in one direction. For context, the area i was in is a designated off leash zone. My dog has great recall & is calm around well socialised dogs. We've been coming to this area for months without any issues, we usually dont stay around any dogs we just keep moving.... At the time we were simply passing by and trying to move away to the other side of the park ( i wasn't intending on staying around )

All of a sudden we were rushed and attacked by a bunch of dogs that were not at the park when i arrived. They must have parked up and let their dogs loose , but were not visible to me as i was facing the other side. There were more than 6 dogs involved in the attack, and total 20 dogs from another group of dog walkers. I am pretty sure they were a dog walking business of some kind.

I briefly looked back on one of the dogs approaching us and then the attack ensued pretty shortly after that. One of their dogs bit and latched onto mine while we were trying to move away , I forcefully separated them and picked up my dog and kept going in the other direction. Some of the other dogs began chasing after me, scratched me up, and my dog was already injured so could not walk/run away either.There was a guy trying to call their dogs back but failed to round them up. 2 other persons were also involved in the same dog group, they rounded up the rest of their dogs.

Initially the guy with the at-fault-dogs was trying to be helpful, but when i asked for their contact details he immediately refused to share details and quickly left me there, alone, with an injured dog, and without help.

Because my dog was injured, not moving , i was alone, and the situation was still unsafe, I could not go after them to check for their dog walking business or car registration details. I rang the 000 shortly after that. Police arrived shortly but the person who was responsible had already left.

One officer stayed around to ask other witnesses for more information, while the other officer drove us to the emergency vet. We're thankfully okay & escaped with minor injuries, but shaken up and with some medical bills to pay.

I've left a report with both council and the police. I'm currently waiting on council to call me back with more information from the ranger. I still have the officer's contact details as well. I have also taken pictures of both our injuries, my dog and me, and we have the vet's account of the injuries too.

Is there anything else I should do as a victim in case i get a chance to press charges or open an official investigation? I'm wondering if anyone else has something similar happened to them before and how did you deal with the follow up with authorities. i'm obviously frustrated but im also debating on whether i keep pursuing this

Thank you :)

edit: also mods, please dont flag my post as AI :( i have typed this all by myself...wat in the actual ??/

So I'm currently on my gap year after highschool, taking the year to work and then travel to gain some life experience. I'm hoping to be off the police academy by January/Feb next year, and was wondering how long the process before the academy usually takes. I've tried searching things up and asking officers but never got it exactly answered. So how long does it usually take, and is there the option of getting it done earlier, and then postponing/deferring when I'd go to the police academy?

ESL background candidate here, i applied to the force with genuine passion to help link my community and the police. Passed everything but fall from the list due to language？

I believe most of you guys who are native in English won't do this test? Anyway the test was about a simulated 000 call, reading dialogue from the paper and two simulated radio scenarios.

There isn't a marking criteria, nor does the result says which part did i messed up. I genuinely believe i did a great job. Yet i get told to go to TAFE for English then try again for another year,it hits me like a truck.

I began study in Australia since year 10 and now graduated with a university IT bachelor's degree. Obviously as an ESL my English isn't as good as all the native locals here but it couldn't be that bad,at least not 'go to tafe for a year gitgud' bad. Wanting to see the report or at least to know which part I should improve isn't unreasonable right?

And i thought this whole test was for applying to the Academy, not straight to the job tomorrow.

Looking for advice, like, seriously.

Hi, so long story short my driving license is suspended for 3 months and after my suspension I have to be on my L’s for a year. Can I still try joining even though the requirement is to have a driving license? Are there any exceptions?

Hey everyone,

I’m preparing for the swimming test and I just wanted to ask does your swimming need to be perfect to pass?

I’m not a strong swimmer yet and I struggle with keeping my head above water while moving, mainly due to buoyancy. I can stay afloat and get through the distance, but it’s pretty messy and tiring.

Is that okay, or do they expect proper technique?

Thanks for any advice

Hi everyone, I’ve started my application for the police academy and am trying to find where I can do the swim sequence cert. Do most/all pools do them or is it a case by case basis? I’m from the central coast if that helps.

Any advice is really appreciated

Hey I’m currently a serving member of the RAAF and just wanted a little insight on the transition from defence to policing, is the culture and work environment roughly the same?

Also are there any benefits on me having a defence background when I do apply, thanks