Alexandra Daddario: Toronto Police closing BAR at headquarters as cops have been boozing like brats

Toronto police closing bar at headquarters

Decision comes after officer entered lounge hours before being charged with impaired driving

A licensed fully stocked bar inside a lounge for senior officers at the Toronto Police Service’s headquarters is being closed, police confirmed to CBC Toronto on Sunday. The decision comes after CBC Toronto reported an officer entered the lounge hours before being charged with impaired driving.

The chief’s office and Executive Officers Lounge Committee notified senior officers in May that the bar’s liquor licence would not be renewed, a police spokesperson said in an email. Police have not linked the closure to CBC’s reporting or the impaired driving charges brought against Supt. Riyaz Hussein .

The Executive Officers Lounge was first issued a liquor licence at the 40 College St. headquarters in 1989, according to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).

“Moving forward, the service will apply for a special occasions permit from the AGCO should we decide to host an event where alcohol may be served,” the spokesperson said.

A special occasions permit is required any time liquor is offered for sale somewhere other than a licensed establishment, according to the AGCO’s website.

Police say bar was used ‘infrequently’

In April, a CBC Toronto investigation reported Supt. Riyaz Hussein entered the lounge about three hours before he crashed his service-issued SUV into another vehicle in Pickering, Ont., and was charged with impaired driving in January 2022. It’s unclear how long Hussein was in the Executive Officers Lounge and whether or not he drank in the room.

Hussein, who headed the police service’s disciplinary tribunal, pleaded guilty in October 2022 to driving with a blood-alcohol level over 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood in connection to the crash. He was sentenced to a one-year driving prohibition and fined $1,560.

Toronto police Supt. Riyaz Hussein has been sentenced to a one-year driving prohibition and fined $1,560. Additional charges of careless driving and having open liquor in a vehicle were withdrawn. (22 Division Toronto Police Service/Facebook)

Police said the alcohol licence was used infrequently, “largely for formal functions like retirements or when hosting dignitaries.”

The Toronto Police Association supports the decision, Jon Reid, its president, said in an emailed statement.

“It has always been our strong desire that command and senior officers lead by example in both their actions and accountability,” Reid said.

The civilian body that oversees the police force was not involved in the decision, Toronto Police Services Board chair Ann Morgan said in an emailed statement to CBC News on Sunday.

‘It’s crazy they ever had it’

John Sewell, co-ordinator of the Toronto Police Accountability Coalition, an advocacy group that’s dedicated to making police more accountable to the public, said it’s about time police close down their bar.

“It’s crazy that they ever had it. But good, I’m glad they’re getting rid of it,” Sewell said.

“It’s entirely inappropriate. If the police officers want to drink, there’s lots of bars around police headquarters.”

He added that if police want to hold a special event at headquarters, it should be booze-free. If they want it to include alcohol, it should happen somewhere else, he said.

Alok Mukherjee, chair of the Toronto Police Services Board from 2005 to 2015, supports the closing of the bar.

He said in his 10 years of being in that room for various events, there were very few occasions where the bar was used.

“I have no way of knowing if there were other occasions when the organization that had control over the room may have used the bar for, you know, relaxing or informal gatherings or things like that,” Mukherjee said.

Alexandra Daddario Nude Behind-The-Scenes Photos From “The White Lotus”

Alexandra Daddario (True Detective Nude Scene)

The photos above and below appear to feature actress Alexandra Daddario nude behind-the-scenes while filming for the first season of the series “The White Lotus” in Hawaii.

For those who have not seen “The White Lotus”, Alexandra plays a newlywed whore named “Rachel Patton” who obsessively worries about her stupid “career” while vacationing on her honeymoon.

Luckily for Alexandra’s character, her husband shows great restraint by not beating her senseless for nearly ruining their vacation by lamenting the loss of the sense of “independence” her shitty job as a hack journalist afforded her.

Of course the fact that Alexandra has spectacular titties helped her character’s husband to keep his cool, as we can clearly see in the the color-corrected and enhanced nude scene above from the series.