W.S. Gilbert surely never foresaw the thankless task of ordering members of the public to stay away from each other when he wrote A Policeman’s Lot Is Not A Happy One. But happy or not, Toronto cops will be patrolling City parks this Easter weekend enforcing COVID-19 social distancing. Fines can top out at $1,000. A TPS release Friday says officers will be on the lookout for failure to do so in “parks and park amenities such as off-leash dog parks, playgrounds, fitness stations, skateboard facilities, and congregating in groups and parking in closed lots.”
Sherwood, Sunnybrook Parks given special attention
Two hundred bylaw officers and 160 members of the police service will visit parks across the city. The release says that based on complaints from the public and feedback from previous enforcement efforts, the following areas will be given special attention:
Bluffer’s Park
Rosetta McClain Gardens
High Park
Humber Bay East
Christie Pits
Trinity Bellwoods
Woodbine Beach
Allan Gardens
Sunnybrook Park
Sherwood Park
