SOCI 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Extreme Measures, Canadian Police Information Centre, Carno
16 Oct 2018
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Canadian police information centre (cpic): the centralized, computer-based information system used by police services. (cid:862)w(cid:863) (cid:455)ste(cid:373): the approach used by police dispatchers to determine key facts about a call. Call shedding: a strategy to discard or divert calls for service to match available police resources. Differential police response (dpr): categorizing calls for service based on the response required; e. g. , patrol car/no patrol car. Allocated patrol time: the amount of time that patrol officers spend responding to calls from the general public. Unallocated patrol time: the amount of time that patrol officers have that is not committed o responding to calls for service. Soft skills: patrol officer skills sets centred on information collection, communication, and conflict resolution. Selective (or situational) enforcement: discretionary enforcement due to the inability of police officers to enforce all of the laws at all times. Typifications: how police officers depict or categorize the people and situations they encounter.
