CRIM 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Triage, Computer-Aided Dispatch, Racial Profiling
3 May 2018
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Lecture 4 – Operational Policing (aka Patrol)
Operational Patrol
- Available all the time
- The police is on the streets in comparison to fire fighters
- They are the first and last result, they do everything
- Attacked on most events, they get blamed for everything
Core Patrol Duties
- Prevent crime
- To protect property
- To maintain peace
- To get criminals
- Enforce laws
- They do loads of stuff
o Investigations, attending court, patrol
Diverse Environments
- Differet plaes give ou did’t resposiilities ad eperiees.
Fantasy vs Reality
- Everyone thinks differently about them
- Cops have loads of paperwork
- Short bursts of physical and intense work
Dispatch – The Police Lifelane
- Majority of police work assigned to patrol officers by dispatches or communications
specialist
- Receive initial call service system gather revel event info from call, prioritize call and
allocate police services
- Father info using W system
- The lifeline for patrol officers,
Dispatch in metro Vancouver: e-comm 911
- Resposile for 92% ’s all volue
- Provide serve for metro van, Squamish, whistler and 25 regional districts from the island
- Dispatch for 3 6police agencies
- Operate the larges multi jurisdiction, tri-service radio system in BC
- Handel both emergency and on emergency calls
When 911 is made
Queue
Call taker
Dispatcher
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Document Summary
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