Sociology 2253A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Summary Offence, Lethal Force, False Imprisonment
1 Feb 2017
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Chapter 5 police powers and decision making. Tension will always exist between the need to maintain order and rights of citizens. Canadians have been willing to trust that the police, even is this meant that the civil rights of some individuals would be violated. In recent years, the views and trust seem to have been shifting. The c harter of r ights and f re edoms and police powers. The police derive their powers from a number of sources including statue law, case law, common law, and municipal bylaws: ex, the c riminal c ode, provide authority to arrest, use force, search, obtain dna etc. The police has retained significant power through the supreme court. The power of the police have been extended in recent years in an attempt to better prevent and respond to organized crime and terrorist activity.
