CRIM 2652 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
Document Summary
Unlike the military, the police is the only people who have the power of coerce and detention. The ultimate limiting of power for police is the canadian charter of rights and. Police officer that is misbehaving is guilt of dis conduct. A peace officer must respect the canadian charter of rights and freedoms. He police do not answer to political masters. The first police force was created in 1829 by sir robert peel in england. He saw the creation of the first police service that was state controlled and publicly funded, this was in the city of london. Peel organized the police as a paramilitary organization. Police officers have to understand laws and have training. The police is the only institution that keeps a written record of their wrong doings. The ultimate goals of policing is to achieve public peace; the police need to be able to do a lot more than enforce arrests.
