SOC 1500 Study Guide - Final Guide: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Municipal Police, Toronto Police Service

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

There is a natural tension between the requirement that the police enforce and legitimatize the decisions of government while at the same time serving the public interest. These distinctions do not capture the diversity of police work. Police officers are seen as people that spend considerable time gathering information. Peter manning said the police in the past expericed difficulty in fulfilling their mandate and this resulted in a vast and unmanageable social domain unrealistic expectations from the public. Structures of police governance: * note that there are differences in how federal, provincial, or territorial, regional and municipal police services are governed (1) police acts- the legislative framework for police services. Composed of community members and city council members. Activities include hiring the chief constable, preparing and overseeing the police budget, and negotiating collective agreements with police officer labor associations. Basic qualifications- the minimum requirements for candidates applying for employment in policing.