SOCI 327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Energy Rekords, Private Police
30 Nov 2017
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Policing: public and private policing, foreign nation policing (csis, cyber surveillance (cse) *csis and cse not supposed to be spying on canadians. Right to detain and deport under security certificate. Due process provisions that apply to public policing are significantly altered such that civil liberties can be considered to be violated. Policing protest: reconstructed as policing threats, militarized. *largest civil liberties violation in canadian history that did not take place in wartime was g20 in toronto 2010. Increasing, particularly with people suffering from mental health issues. Public police (definition and history of how the role has evolved) Policing: broad set of regulatory and coercive activities that are designed to maintain public order: safety and security, can be engaged in by a variety of public and private agencies. Police are a government agency authorized by law and by public and political consent: we give up some freedoms for safety. Private policing (csis, cse) is called private security.
