FSC100H5 Lecture 1: Intro - Tuesday January 8 - Week 1
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Weekly Quizzes:
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Available on Quercus each week
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5 questions pertaining to questions for the week
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Available every Thursday after class
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You have 24 hours to do it starting after class
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1 minute per question
Police force
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Group of people enacted to enforce certain laws enacted by society
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Empowered by the state
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Oldest police forces - early 1800's
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Metropolitan police in London: often considered the template for North
American police forces that followed the European trend
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Sir Robert peel: introduced the constabulary act in 1822
Police forces: why do we have them?
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The police are the police and the public are the police, the police being only
members of the public who are paid to give full attention to duties
Policing in North America
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Benefits and duties
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Keeping law and order and maintaining a uniformed police presence
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Railroad security
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Labour strikes
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Horse thieving
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Rioting
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Began as volunteers
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Recognized the need for more permanent authority
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Developed into paid policemen
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Where was the first municipal police force in North America? Toronto police
service
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Toronto - then - Montreal, Boston, Quebec city, New York City,
Philadelphia
Intro -Tuesday January 8 -Week 1
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
11:07 AM