SOCI 3410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Foal, Polygraph, 2014 Moncton Shootings
10 Feb 2017
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Not all of what police do is law enforcement less than 20% has anything to do with crime/law enforcement. Reactive: sent to the scene/point of disturbance; 80% of all police calls are reactive. How police act in any community depends on administrator of the police (chief) Vary by community; influenced by chief of police. Video victoria pd excessive force by constable bowser against tyler archer. Thomas mckay brain damage after officer cracked his head. Police unable to see misconduct by fellow officers. More serious public trust complaints will not be thoroughly investigated. Sandy davidson cerebral palsy; walked toward police and they shoved her. Called for new independent investigating commission with civilian investigator rcmp officers hired. Excessive use of force against people in crisis. Paul boyd bipolar disorder; shot while unarmed and crawling. Mobile crisis teams mental health professionals partnered with officers not enough; not authorized as first responders (except in hamilton)
