If you are having trouble with the Ontario Provincial Police, you are creating a problem.
Instead, just be Nice, follow what they say, and everything will be Fine and Dandy! You can always go to the Police Station, and then proceed AFTER explaining AND getting the Go Ahead there. You might even encounter a Ham right there at the station, and most likely your problem is solved. Or a call to Industry Canada, the local ham club, etc. will I'M CERTAIN clear things up. The 1952 Reciprocal Agreement is easily Googled. You could carry a copy. You could also carry a copy of your license. Just in case!
IN RULE OF LAW COUNTRIES, DOCUMENTS HELP. A LOT! In Countries where you might get beaten with hoses at the Police Station? Maybe not so much...
As a Divorced Father, I always carried a copy of my Divorce Decree when in Canada. I even had a clause permitting me to take my children anywhere in the US or the Dominion of Canada in the Decree. Sure, it's just a Civil Agreement, and why carry this? Because children get KIDNAPPED by their "shared" non-residential parent all the time, and OF COURSE Police have to watch out for this when you go to another Country! In all of those years, I only had to show these papers ONCE.
Luckily, Canada is not a place where you will be beaten with hoses at the Police Station. At least that's MY experience.
But you better NOT Drink and Drive in Canada, or you are going to be VERY IN TROUBLE FOR SURE: You might not be able to come back for a visit for TEN YEARS, or EVER. EVER!
And if you DO drink and drive? Well you deserve to be beaten at the Police Station with Hoses. But they still won't actually do that to you. (Besides enjoying not being beaten at the Police Station with hoses, I enjoy NOT sharing the road with DUI drivers, but hey these are just my personal preferences along with Ham Radio...)
If you ARE in a Country where you can indeed be potentially beaten with hoses at the Police Station, you might instead consider operating, vacationing, and residing in Canada, The United States, or any Commonwealth County as an alternative, where there is every kind of choice in climate and terrain and nice places to visit, and you won't get beaten with hoses at the Police Station.
Actually, you might consider NEVER operating, vacationing or residing, ever, in a country where you might get beaten with hoses at the Police Station as your Opening Move.
Even on vacation with just some casual operating thrown in, I'm certain hams everywhere will appreciate not getting the 3AM knock, an International Incident, and possibly being beaten with hoses at the Police Station.
But if you ARE in a Country where you might get beaten with hoses at the police station, you MIGHT ALSO consider making a POLITE request to BE taken to the Police Station. Why? Because In a Country where you might get beaten with hoses at the Police Station, Requesting a trip TO the Police Station MIGHT make the policeman think that 1) You MIGHT know someone IMPORTANT at the Police Station, and 2) He's going to encounter potential problems for HIMSELF if you indeed do go to the Police Station, and indeed, he might end up getting beaten hoses at the Police Station.
However, unlike in the United States or Commonwealth Countries, you still could potentially get beaten with hoses at the Police Station.
You should also REGISTER with the US EMBASSY and make your whereabouts known. And READ THE STATE DEPARTMENT WARNINGS BEFORE YOU GO, because they might imply that you might get beaten with hoses at the Police Station, or worse, and to heed that advice that you paid taxes for! Remember, the Embassy can't represent you if you get ARRESTED in a Foreign Country!
SO why not just carry a copy of your license, ham tags also help put things at ease, and have a good time, in the United States, Canada, or any Commonwealth Country of your choice, and leave things as untouched or better than you found them, and be Courteous and Nice. And you'll never have to worry about being beaten with hoses at the Police Station.
Places where you might get beaten with hoses at the Police Station OR MUCH WORSE are probably best WORKED from the US, Canada, or any Commonwealth County of your choice, and only visited by YouTube...
All the Best!
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