LS327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ontario Provincial Police, Proactive Policing
16 Apr 2016
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Lecture notes: police numbers, cost, female oicers, services. Police departments also employed 28 000 civilians who worked alongside the police. (dispatchers, clerks, bylaw workers, police recruits) Ratio per 100 000 pop has gradually increased from 182 189. Also referred to as the police strength ratio. Canada"s police strength is similar to japan, and new zealand. Higher than finland, and considerably less than australia, Canadian police salaries are good, middle income. Median salary 000, likely to increase in 2014 after 3 years of service to 000. Cost of running criminal justice system est. Prisons took 20%, rest 20% was on court and youth courts. Policing most important criminal justice organization and most costly. Women and policing in canada: women were employed more after 1960"s. Proportionately fewer women in higher ranks but is steadily increasing: other law enforcement agencies, critique of the crime control model. Public and private agencies apart from the regular police (security oicers, investigators)
