SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: London Metropolitan University, Police Misconduct, Dominion Police
6 Oct 2016
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Lecture 1 (12/09/16) - origins of canadian policing. We need people who are forced into it people who are designated to do these jobs. People with the legal right to use force** Constables in montreal & quebec city (1787: appointed by jp to maintain order and carry out court orders deliver this notice detain this person etc, still volunteers, slightly better trained no hierarchy still. High constables in upper canada (1793: volunteers, appointed to particular districts oversaw other constables, appointed citizens to be constables in each township. Boards of commissioners created in upper canada (1858: amalgamation of citizens charged w responsibility of overseeing entire apparatus of constables. **focus on loose chronology, not memorizing names or dates. Industrialization & urbanization: pockets of crime begin to show up in urban centres of the country (quebec, edmonton, vancouver, Bna (1867): ontario, quebec, nova scotia, & new brunswick become canada. Provinces would enforce it via provincial police.
