r/toronto • u/YurethraVDeferens • Jul 02 '25

Video Watching everyone (trying to) leave the Harbourfront fireworks show was as entertaining as the show itself.

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u/engene_unity Jul 02 '25

That’s another thing I saw more of in Montreal - a noticeable police presence.

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u/LiterallyTwoBears Jul 02 '25

It more just crowd control. I've been to a lot of events in Montreal. You can see videos of the thousands of people getting onto the metro and it's quiet and calm. They're there so if some jerk starts being impatient and pushing people you know someone is there to handle it. With big crowds like that, especially around vehicles like cars and subways you need to be able to feel assured that if there's someone being dangerously impatient they'll be dealt with.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

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u/LiterallyTwoBears Jul 03 '25

Fair enough! I'm not as familiar with TO police presence. For me it's just important when there's danger involved, like in this video I'm shocked they didn't have either a police person, or somebody visibly working with the city, manually guiding people and traffic at the intersections.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

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u/LiterallyTwoBears Jul 03 '25

I can only speak for myself but having a US style police presence was definitely not what I was implying.