SOC 3750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Toronto Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, Major Crimes
12 Feb 2019
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Identify how officers engage in patrol work and distinguish between reactive and proactive policing. Identify the risk and benefits involves in a society that privileges reactive policing. Identify the types discretion that officers have and how that discretion might be curtailed. Think critically about the effect of mandatory charging policies. Public policing in canada is carried out at 4 levels: federal, provincial, municipal, and first nations. 5 canadian police services account for just over 60% of all police officers in canada: rcmp, toronto police service, ontario provincial police (opp), surete due. Quebec (sq) and the service de police de la ville de montreal (spvm) Major urban police services have similar divisions: operational control: patrol division, dog or canine unit, identification squad, traffic, reserve/ auxiliary. Most police services have a chief constable, one or more deputy chief constables, superintendents, inspectors: and also non-commissioned officers (staff sergeants, sergeants, corporals, detectives, and constables)
