SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-9: Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Royal Irish Constabulary, Mission Creep

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Spend time in social service tasks, respond to complaints, prove crime prevention. Mission creep where they can assume additional duties that were never envisioned by founders. Must provide safety and security of all persons and property. Demographic shifts lead to changes in policing. Stand-alone police services, small, not part of larger organization: pre-modern era (prior 1820): for resolving disputes, first nations, restorative approach, banishment, physical injury, military. Improve quality of life: most front liners favour the traditional model motorized patrol and rapid response, but is it just a paid lip service talk about it rather than implement it, work best in well-organized little crime communities. Police should reflect the community: not the pale and male look. Regionalization, joining several smaller police agencies, or urban rural region. In 1988 there were 406 municipal services, decreases to 142 in 2012. Property taxes are used, therefore wealthier communities have an easier time paying for it. More civilian workers are needed, like dispatchers.