SSCI1000U Lecture 6: The Practice of Policing and Policing and the Law
11 Feb 2017
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The practice of policing and policing and the law. Practice of policing: throughout existence - police practiced preventative patrols, 1920"s - reactive patrols introduced, reactive patrols - after crime occurs. The reactive approach: incident based policing, speed of response time - best method of apprehending suspects, respond in motor vehicle, when not responding to incident - preventative patrols. Patrol: patrol of cers most visible component of entire criminal justice system , cars, bicycles, horseback, foot, typical role: routine observation , most activities - not crime related. Police ef ciency: traditional measures. , response time, arrest rates. Management of demand/ differential response: categorize calls, emergency vs. non-emergency, standard policy across canada. Police patrol: over 50 years - reactive-style policing, research - questioned approach. Directed patrol: orders - how to use patrol time, example, certain amount in certain locations/certain crime, technological innovations - increase use, crime mapping systems - gis, identi es crime patterns in speci c areas.
