PSY328H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Canada Border Services Agency, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Dominion Police
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First police force in canada was established 1729: royal newfoundland constabulary. 1920: north-west mounted police merged with dominion police, became rcmp (rcmp officers often are dispatched to enforce local laws if a certain area can"t afford a local force) 1970s: women first accepted as uniformed members (not until 1974 and account for about 20% and indigenous officers make up for only about 7%: in 2011, there were 69, 438 police officers in canada. 45,630 (66%) worked at municipal level or equivalent. About 2/3 are either local force or rcmp officers working at the local level. Royal canadian mounted police (deal with federal cases and cases of human trafficking/drugs/etc outside canada related to canada) Contracted out to rcmp (except on, qc, and nfld/lab) E. g. , toronto police service (relatively rare but toronto has this) Activities associated with development, implementation and evaluation of procedures for evaluating individuals. (include things like hiring) Activities associated with provision of clinical services to law enforcement personnel.
