A century ago, there was a famous comedy troupe known as the Keystone Cops. The Keystone Cops were essentially the law enforcement version of The Three Stooges.

The thing is, the Keystone Cops, like the Stooges, were a fictional construct. Their incompetence and bumbling were played for laughs.

Guess what? It looks like law enforcement slapstick is back in vogue in 2026 when it comes to various police forces in the Greater Toronto Area. But pratfalls are not fictional. No, these hijinks are as real as a doughnut.

Sure, accidents happen. But all of the mishaps I’m about to show would appear to be highly avoidable.

You may recall our recent video pertaining to 42 Division in east end Toronto. Now we’ve heard of gatecrashers, but how did a cop here ram her cruiser through a steel gate, causing an estimated $25,000 in damage?

How did another cop mount the sidewalk and take down a light standard pole (please note, this was not the end-result of a police chase nor a severe weather event.)

Then there was that incident in which a Toronto cop jumps out of his cruiser to engage in a ground pursuit. Just one not-so-insignificant hitch: he forgot to put the vehicle in park. It rolls into another officer.

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Our most recent example is truly mind-numbing, especially since Canadians should be very well versed when it comes to winter driving etiquette. Which is to say, after a snowfall, Winter Motoring 101 dictates that the driver must clean the snow and ice off the vehicle’s windshield.

In fact, it’s the law. But apparently, a police officer at Division 1 of the York Regional Police Service in Newmarket, Ont., thought he was above the law.  Or that he possessed radar sense similar to the superhero Daredevil and therefore did not need to rely on his eyesight.

Predictably, he drives the cruiser a short distance, only to strike a fellow police officer.

Curious to get answers, we sent a request for comment via email to the media relations department of the York Regional Police.

And the media relations team responded with this: “We are aware of a video circulating online. At this time, we are not able to provide further comment.”

Sorry, that’s not good enough, not when the police are supposed to be transparent and accountable, especially these days given all the various corruption scandals.

As well, in all of those incidents, had it been Joe or Jane Blow behind the wheel, that person would’ve been charged, fined, and likely their insurance premiums would spike.

But when it’s a police officer behind the wheel engaging in careless or dangerous driving, it seems that the policy is to brush it under the rug. “Membership has its privileges” as Karl Malden used to say in those American Express ads.

Bottom line: this would appear to be yet another example of “one law for thee; one law for me.” And trust us: we’re not looking at the video evidence from the other side of an ice-encrusted windshield…