FSC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Toronto Eaton Centre, Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto Police Service
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A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder. Created under king louis xiv in 1667. *o cers have to wear uniform when appearing in court to establish their role. Toronto police force - 19th century (1834) Toronto"s former name was york, renames in 1934. Constables were simply hired as needed, it wasn"t until a year later that ve paid constables were hired. The focus of the police activity was on the business district of yonge street (lake ontario - After confederation (1867), provincial police forces were established. North-west mounted police (nwmp) was the forerunner of canada"s iconic royal canadian. Nwmp pioneered the enforcement of federal law. Municipalities are responsible for the majority of policing services. 176 stand alone police services in 2015 serving 64% of the population in canada. One of north america"s largest deployed services.
