SOCI 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: G4S, Toronto Police Service

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Police Studies
• Course: SOCI 2000
• Professor: Gerald White

Document Summary

Initially, onus was placed on canadian community members to enforce laws as they saw necessary: these communities were often smaller & required the cooperation of all community members to survive & grow. Multiple levels to policing: federal police agency: rcmp, provincial police agencies: rnc, municipal police agencies: toronto police, vancouver police, first nations police: six nations tribal police. Police work becoming more decentralized: other forms of policing have become common. Including: parapolice: transit police, airport security, private security services: g4s. (cid:1005)8(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s poli(cid:272)e (cid:449)ere ta(cid:448)er(cid:374) keepers a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ere paid out of the a(cid:374)(cid:374)ual li(cid:272)e(cid:374)sing of the to(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:859)s ta(cid:448)er(cid:374)s. Mid (cid:1005)8(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s: well-defined and organized force was needed to maintain law & order in the community. 1871 rnc was formally established in response to the removal of the british garrison the year before. Goals & objectives shift to reflect the complexities of an ever-changing society.