Toronto man uses AirTags to track stolen SUV to Dubai [video]

Re:Toronto man uses AirTags to track stolen SUV to Dubai [vi... by MattGaiser on Monday January 22, 2024 @12:49PM (#39092675)

Canadian Pacific is kind of weird as a company as they have their own police force. They literally get to police themselves for historical reasons, so while it is reasonable for a regular company to not act on reports of theft, it is harder to say that about Canadian Pacific.

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Re:Toronto man uses AirTags to track stolen SUV to Dubai [vi... by euroderf on Monday January 22, 2024 @03:31PM (#39095007)

VR (Finnish national railway) has its own police force too, and AFAICT it's kind of mysterious. Only very rarely discussed in the media. Perhaps someone who knows more can comment.

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Re:Toronto man uses AirTags to track stolen SUV to Dubai [vi... by xattt on Monday January 22, 2024 @01:16PM (#39093077)

Rail police is historically codified in Canadian law. It’s a matter of the car being out of the bag for a very long time, rather than CP Rail lobbying the government to have this force in place.

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Re:Toronto man uses AirTags to track stolen SUV to Dubai [vi... by lotsofpulp on Monday January 22, 2024 @12:53PM (#39092740)

Yes, I would say the root problem is the government has outsourced its responsibility to a non governmental entity. Non governments should never have law enforcement authorities.

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Re:Toronto man uses AirTags to track stolen SUV to Dubai [vi... by devilbunny on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:12PM (#39093949)

The historic reason for these powers is that it is often difficult to tell in the moment who has jurisdiction. Especially if it's a moving vehicle that can cross state lines.

Railroad police arrest and detain the suspect(s) and turn them over to whatever locale is determined to have jurisdiction after the fact. At the time those laws came into being, there was no really good way around this.

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