CRIM 251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Mental Health Professional, Canadian Police Information Centre, Soft Skills
21 Apr 2016
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Police officers" 5 duties: prevent crime, protect life and property, preserve the peace, apprehend offenders, enforce laws. Generally, prevention and apprehension component = secondary to maintaining order and providing service. Mobile display terminals (mdts) allow police to communicate with other patrol officers, to access drivers" records, to run criminal info checks on people through the canadian police information. Cpic centralized, computer-based information system used by police services. Dispatchers and cos receive the initial request for service, gather basic info from caller, prioritize call, and allocate available patrol resources. Used (the above) info to determine the call"s priority and then forwards it to the patrol officers. Priority 1 = emergency calls that require immediate police attention and include life-threatening situations that can lead to death or grievous bodily harm. Priority 2 = serious but not life threatening and include break and enter (b&e) in progress. Priority 3 and 4 = routine and less serious including cold b&es.
