Michael Gendron
@michaelgendron
GR/Comms-Canadian Police Association, fmr Grit staffer, skip of dysfunctional curling team, foremost Canadian Baltimore Orioles fan. BillsMafia. Lawful neutral.
This advice (and limiting replies) improved my Twitter/X experience exponentially:
Just mute them. Rude? Mute them. Stupid? Mute them. Just annoying in general? Mute them. You don’t owe them anything. Them thinking they’re entitled to your communication is unbelievable arrogance. This is your feed and you get to have it look the way you want.
If officers start developing a sense of humour, we're all cooked. 😂
We've been working to update our heat mitigation strategies for field training this summer, and I'm proud to announce that I've found a way to give both the School Chief and the QM a heart attack on Monday.
Unpopular (popular?) opinion: its absolutely ridiculous that basic policy changes (e.g drug decriminalization) made by an elected government can be overruled by a judge like this: "Drug user advocacy groups challenge 'recriminalization' in court" castanet.net/news/BC/563371…
Will we get discounts on all-inclusives??
#NEWS: Canada and Mexico are partnering on a major infrastructure and trade initiative, called the Northern Corridor, aimed at avoiding U.S. tariffs and customs procedures to strengthen and grow our economic ties by $120 billion, effectively sidestepping the challenges posed by…
"When it comes to protest, a distressingly large number of Canadians are raging hypocrites." 'Seven years for mischief, one day for terrorism — someone make it make sense' nationalpost.com/opinion/selley…
Blue Jays should empty their prospect pool to get this 🇨🇦 hero for their stretch run. #Please
Homers in three straight games for O'Neill 😤
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "Police on the hunt for convicted sex offender who skipped court after being released on bail" toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/26/pol…
Another example of how virtually all public safety reform+innovation in Canada has been driven directly by police services: "'First in Canada': Peel police to deploy drones as first responders to crime scenes" thestar.com/first-in-canad…
US data, but fascinating study into how the general public radically over-estimates police use of force rates:
How accurate are Americans' perceptions of police use of force? I ran a national survey and mapped the gap between public estimates and benchmark figures—by state. Big overestimates. Consistent patterns. Preliminary findings here ⬇️ 🔗 smourtgos.netlify.app/post/mispercep…
Rock bottom just keeps getting lower and lower. 😢
FINAL: Rockies 6, Orioles 5
Poetic justice?
B.C. biker clubhouse to become centre for addiction, mental health recovery ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vanc…
I miss the days (4 days ago, actually) when I had no idea who Sean Feucht was. Congratulations on totally Streisand Effect'ing that one folks.
Bold prediction: Toronto will do nothing, and Government will find some justification to still give them every dollar. "Toronto has 6 months to meet terms of housing agreement with Ottawa, minister says" cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Today we remember our friend and colleague Clifford Priest. Cliff worked tirelessly to ensure that our members were protected and treated fairly on every level. His legacy of advocacy continues to guide and motivate everyone who knew him and he is deeply missed every day.
'After a joint submission from the Crown and defence, a judge agreed to sentence Chouay to a one-day jail sentence...' "Quebec woman who left Canada to join ISIS pleads guilty to terrorism offence" ctvnews.ca/montreal/artic…
