SOC327 Chapter 3, 6, 7, and 10 p.282-291: Module 7 Readings
6 Aug 2015
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Police acts: provides legislative framework for police services, sets out principles of policing, process for filing complaints against police officers, disciplinary procedures, defines activities of police commissions and police boards, all provinces have police acts, territories do not. Policing standards: a provision in the provincial police act setting out how services are to be maintained and delivered, roles and responsibilities of the police, organization management, personnel administration (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, etc. , operations (traffic, patrol, investigations, support services (crime analysis, victim and witness assistance, media relations) But no not have their original police powers: can also operate with civilians with no prior connections or experience with policing, highly objective and impartial, police do not play a role in investigation, but very expensive model, requires higher training costs for civilians, undermine authority and responsibility of police management and perceived by police as being inadequate and unsympathetic.
