SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Sûreté Du Québec, Community Policing

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

Class 16 criminal justice system: policing. A long time ago, there were no police. Historically, policing functions were performed by the community. Sir robert peel established the first full-time force in london, england in 1829: emphasis on crime prevention, professionalism, peelian principles . North-west mounted police (nwmp) founded in 1873: key objectives: 1) maintain order, 2) ensure orderly settlement of prairies, high rates of desertion, they would just disappear, a lot would quit, took advantage of their authority. Replaced by the royal canadian mounted police (rcmp) in 1920. Four levels of policing: federal, provincial, municipal, first nations, other police services severe specialized functions. The organization of canadian police forces can be complex! Royal canadian mountain police (rcmp, mounties : governed by royal canadian mounted police act, 1985, responsible for a range of policing activities, contract policing at the provincial/territorial and municipal levels (60% of rcmp officers)