Tall tale copper called on the carpet by chief

A Toronto cop, PC Nickolas Dorazioa, has been called on the carpet by the chief for cooking up a story for local TV that he had just been rescued from the stranded GO train down by the Don River a week ago Monday. It was all a load of baloney because Dorazioa never got any closer to the train than the sloppy verges of Bayview Ave. He was ordered there earlier in the evening along with hundreds of other able-bodied people to help in the rescue of those 1,400 passengers. The story as it was first reported was as murky as the water that swirled into the GO train. We were afraid that PC Dorazioa had elbowed little old ladies out of the way to get an early rescue from the train, so severe and worrisome were the news reports. And it almost sounds from the reaction at headquarters that they took it just that seriously. Chief Blair has called Dorazioa “shameful” for duping the poor TV types that way. And if you look carefully at the policeman’s face, it seems to reveal the mischief in his heart as he regaled reporters with a tale of being carried to safety by brave police officers. Well, he should not have done it, of course. Silly man. And if, as suspected, other coppers were egging him on, they too should get a tongue-lashing. Let’s keep in mind however that these men were in a stressful situation and that there were long waits with nothing to do. But they did not steal lifeboat seats from women and children. As a group they performed an honorable service. As for the chagrined TV reporters, we say get over it.