Toronto’s Dancing Crossing Guard Suspended Without Pay for, Well, Dancing

Have you seen this video from Born Ruffians featuring Kathleen Byers?

Kathleen is a real person who has been helping kids across the street in west end Toronto in this manner for nigh on a decade. But when Toronto police heard that she like to dance while she worked, she was issued a warning. She ignored them because–well, hey, sometimes you just gotta dance.  And the people in the neighbourhood really liked her style.

Now she’s been suspended without pay because she had worn her uniform for “a purpose other than prescribed in Toronto Police Services rules and procedures.”  Geez, you’d think she’d been poll dancing or something.

The full story at The National Post–and here’s a report from Global News.