I spoke with my contact in the City planning department about Unwin Ave. Unwin is part public and part private. It is public from Cherry St. to the one lane bridge and private from the bridge to Leslie.

Posted by TorontoTodd Being a former Intelligarde "officer", I can say with certainty that if you're caught inside a fence that they patrol, you are busted. They WILL and have every right to arrest you. If you try to walk away, it won't go well, and you will likely be charged with resisting arrest - a criminal charge. Remember that if you resist, they can use "as much force as is necessary" to keep you under arrest. Do yourself a favour, and wait for the cops. You'll get a ticket for your trouble and be on your way. It's simply a fine and does not go on your record. BTW, the "police horse" you saw was not a police horse at all... It was an Intelligarde horse. They patrol the Unwin Ave area with them. I-garde certainly has its reputation, but I have to give them kudos for the crappy places they patrol. I was about 4" away from having a .45 slug in my melon working for them one night at Jane/Wilson.

Are you for real? I used to work security and if you know the trespasses to property act, they have to ask you for leave first. They cannot just arrest you.

Also if there is no signage, they cannot contest your statement.

Posted by ExKa|iBuR Yup, exactly. Unwin Avenue is owned by a company called Tesco. There's signs at both ends of Unwin Avenue stating this. Intelligarde patrol this road, as well as the properties on it. As Todd said, if you get busted - don't run. They WILL get you, and your life won't be easy. A resisting arrest charge is criminal, which means you'll get a criminal record, which isn't good for anyone. Just deal with the 70 bucks. Same goes with any guard company. They can issue tickets. Securitas, for example, can issue Trespass notices, Parking Tickets, etc... - all that are endorsed by the City of Toronto, which means if you don't pay them, you have the real cops knocking on your door. It REALLY pisses me off to no end all these people who assume "Guards can't do anything, they can't touch you" - that's just *NOT* the case. The law grants alot of authority to guards. The trick is knowing that authority, and knowing the laws, etc... -Ex

Which one..?

http://www.tescocorp.com/bins/index.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesco

http://www.tescocorporate.com/

Those gaurds are always sleeping for the hearn, the facility the last time i was there it was being torn down. BTW those inteligard wanabe cops are freking useless. they dont know what the TPA is and they are really only hired for thier brawn not brains. if they ever stop you on unwin tell em to go fly a kite they have no athority there. trust me. and if you are caught in a area by law they have to ask you to leave fisrt and formost. I really dispise thsoe security companies i worked for them for years. and if your reading this from inteligaurd you guys suck ass. see you in the hearn. later.

Posted by Rustblade What a crock of shit. Those intelligarde idiots are NOT police officers, no matter what you say. They cant frigging charge you with "resisting arrest". Hell, how the fuck are they supposed to arrest you in the first place? THEY ARE NOT COPS. Yeah, I'd like to see one of those morons use "as much force as nessecary" to restrain me. Then they'll be the ones getting charged.

Yay for dead threads.

Just to clarify. You certainly can be charged with resisting arrest if you try and run from a guard. They cannot charge you with it, but once the Police get there, they'll charge you. The only need RP&G (Reasonable and Probable Grounds) to do so. A guard telling them you ran is RP&G. It's for the courts to decide if the guard told the Police the truth.