CRM 1300 Lecture : 7. Policing in Canada.docx
16 Mar 2012
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Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the purpose and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure. Everyone has the right not to arbitrary detained or imprisoned. Everyone has the right on arrest or detention: to be informed promptly of the reasons therefore: To retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right. To have the validity of the detention determined by the way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful. There are 67,085 police officers in canada. This does not include the other peace officers. The rcmp make up 25% (18,018) of all canadian police officers. Per capita, there are 199 officers 100,000 citizens (much lower than the us .
