SOC316H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Municipal Police, Private Police, Indictable Offence
Document Summary
Redefining policing: privatization and private security (lecture 7) Focusing on inteleguarde national; one of the largest firms in canada. Spot checks; idea is to catch people before they commit more serious crimes. They arrest them and hand them over to police. Roger (black guy) was brutally hit by inteleguarde officer; cctv covered that but court let the officer go. In u. s. a the ratio is 8 private to 1 public; they are armed and very pervasive (wackenhut security firm); they have private prisons: distinction between police & policing, definition of policing. The growth of private security movement of officers from private to public; paid duty officers raises concern. Difficult to differentiate between public/private services so public allow certain things under disbelief that legally private officers don"t have authority to (private security officers not allowed in your private space) Certain feel more secure and safe while others feel vulnerable.
