CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Ontario Provincial Police
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Lecture 4 cc102: history of policing, pre-confederation. Mostly informal policing by community residents: first police officers. Upper canada, early 19th century: mandate. Police conflicts between ethnic groups and employers/labourers. Many problems, such as desertation, resignation, and improper conduct: replaced by royal canadian mounted police, police today, about 70000 officers across canada. Lower than scotland (337), england (244), and us (238: number of police officers has increased over the past decade, number of female officers has increased, 1 in 5 officers are women. Contemporary policing: structure of policing, four levels. Also public transportation police (railway, airport, transit: some municipalities have their own forces. Others use provincial force detachments or rcmp detachments: royal canadian mounted police, governed by rcmp act (1985, broad range of policing activities, including federal policing and international peacekeeping, contract policing. Concerns about local oversight and fiscal accountability. In but not of communities difficult to ensure that rcmp detachments are responsive to communities: provincial police, three forces.
