CRIM 2652 Study Guide - Toronto Police Services Board, Intimate Partner Violence, Toronto Police Service
Document Summary
Toronto police services board: 7 member civilian" body that oversees the toronto police service. Tpsb: effective mechanism of accountability: structural limits: wearing two hats. Cannot share information from psb with the public. Cannot direct police on how to police their community: contested role and scope of psbs. Politicians who happen to form the government should be kept in ignorance of the day to day operation of the police force and even the security force (trudeau, 1977 in sewell 2010:98) The arguments for keeping politics out of the police" are largely fraudulent. The board shall not direct the chief of police with respect to specific operational decisions or with respect to the day to day operation of police force . Leave the chief alone" vs. findings of 2012 morden report on police actions during the 2010 g20 summit: closed shop culture" of police (sewell)