What is policing
Activities of any individual or organization acting legally on behalf of the public or private organizations or persons to maintain security or social order
What is the pluralization of policing
expansion of policing beyond public police to include private security
What are the two perspectives on the role of the police?
Social contract perspective and radical perspective
Compare and contrast the two perspectives
Draw
What are police acts?
legislative framework for police service
What are policing standards
Explains how police services to be maintained and delivered
What are police boards and commissions
Bodies that provide oversight of police
What are the traditional categories of the police role
crime control, order maintenance, crime prevention and service
What is diversification?
police role becoming more multifaceted
What are the 4 levels of policing?
federal, provincial, municipal, Indigenous + private security forces and parapolice
What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police act (1985)
provides legislative framework for operation of RCMP
What is contract policing
60% of RCMP officers serve as provincial and municipal POs
