CRIM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Pacific Police Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ontario Provincial Police

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 131
• Professor: Sheri Fabian

Document Summary

Structure of policing: police work, roles, issues and misconceptions, recruitment/training pos, working personality of pos, police governance, wrong-doing, accountability, police powers, use of force, traditional vs community policing. Pre-confederation (1867: mostly informal policing by community residents. First police constables: quebec city, mid 17th century, upper canada, early 19th century. Varied duties: night watchmen, tax collectors, bariffs, builidn ginspectors. History of police forces: by 1867 provinces own police forces, rcmp - 1873 replaced prov. forces early 20th century, only ontario, quebec and parts of newfoundland have provincial police forces. Federal police: rcmp: governed by royal canadian mounted police act (1985, broad range of policing activities. Including federal policing and international peace keeping: contract policing (60%) Deta(cid:272)h(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts do(cid:374)"t respo(cid:374)d to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity priorities and needs. Other provinces contract with rcmp: regional - amalgamated forces. Peel regional police, halton regional police force, montreal police service. Enforce criminal code, provincial statues, municipal bylaws some federal statutes (eg. drugs)