CRMN 1000U Lecture 5: CRMN -The Context of Policing
13 Jun 2018
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October 6, 2017
The context of policing
Lecture 5
Development of modern policing
• Origins of Canadian policing, found in the English condition
• Mid – 1700’s London England:
o Crime commonplace
o No organized law enforcement system
o Crime unbearable: only option was to call military
o Need an alternative
• 1748
o Henry Fielding – chief magistrate of Bow Street
o professional law enforcement agents
• Duties:
o Catch criminals
o Recover stolen property
o Known as “Bow Street runners’
• industrial revolution
• urban population boom
• increase in social problems (crime, disorder)
• concerns
• debates in British parliament
Sir Robert Peel
• appointed home secretary
• 1829 – passes: London metropolitan police act
o 3,200 members in the police force
o professional standards
o uniforms
o military structure
o two magistrates (commissioners)
Policing by public consent
“…the need for police to have the support of the public, that is the police act for citizens, not
over them.” (Goff, 153)
• principals:
o methods of policing – patrol by foot (small areas)
o police power – bound by rule of law
o weaponry – principals of minimum force
o Service to the public – service function, maintain/gain trust
o Structure, control, accountability – local control
Document Summary
Sir robert peel: appointed home secretary, 1829 passes: london metropolitan police act, 3,200 members in the police force, professional standards, uniforms, military structure, two magistrates (commissioners) Provincial agencies: 15% of all personnel, areas not served by municipalities, enforce criminal code and provincial statutes, three forces ontario, quebec and newfoundland, other provinces and territories contract to rcmp. Rcmp: 6. 7% of all police officers, enforce federal statutes, carry out executive orders, forensic laboratories, dna bank, sex offender registry. Increasing number of visible minority immigrants: equality section of canadian charter of rights and freedoms, guaranteed full legal equality, fundamental rights and freedoms, allowed for employment equity programs, employment equity key factor in changing police organizations. Plural policing: policing expands beyond public police . Recognition that certain policing styles are provided by a number of different (or. Fragmented ) agencies in western societies is referred to as plural policing (goff, 156) Five types loader (2000: some new era in policing.
