Police Foundations LAW250 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Community Policing, Canada, Government Of Ontario
12 Oct 2018
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Police Foundations
LAW250
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
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POLICE FOUNDATIONS-LAW250
LECTURE 1
Crime Prevention and Community Policing
Community policing:
• Build relationships
• Partnership
• Community involvement
• Building bridges
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Police services act
Proactive VS Reactive:
Cause of crime vs the symptom of crime. Reactive is reacting to the past rather than anticipating
the future. Proactive is acting before the situation becomes source of crises. Being proactive
means able to anticipate what the future will be, and to react accordingly before it actually
happens.
Example: homeless people
• Sleep in doorways and ATMs
• Beg for money
• Urinate and defecate outside
• Leave garbage
• Lower property values
• Stop people from using businesses where they frequent sleep
Ensure that everyone can afford and maintain housing stability. Ensure to keep them busy in
their community to keep them busy in their community. It also helps build relationships and
community safety if we know each other and communicate.
What can be done?
• Build relationships and partnerships with the community
• Quality of life issues
• Crime prevention programs to reduce crime
• Problem oriented policing
• Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)
• Scanning, analysis, response, assessment (SARA)
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POLICE FOUNDATIONS-LAW250
LECTURE 2
Crime Prevention and Community Policing
Provincial act of Ontario is legislation within the responsibility of ministry of community safety and
correctional services.
Police Services Act of Ontario
• To establish policing services
• To establish police boards
• To govern core police responsibilities
• Duties of a police chief
• Duties of a police officer
• Identity types of misconduct
• Who will investigate, civilian oversight
• Equipment to be used
• Use of force
• Hiring or firing
Declaration of principles:
Police services shall be provided throughout Ontario in accordance with the following principals:
1. The need to ensure the safety and security of all persons and property in Ontario
2. The importance of safeguarding the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Canadian
charter of rights and freedoms and the human rights code
3. The need for cooperation between the providers of police services and the communities
they serve
4. The importance of respect for victims of crime and understanding of their needs
5. The need for sensitivity to the pluralistic, multiracial and multicultural character of Ontario
society
6. The need to ensure that police forces are representative of the communities they serve
Core police services:
• Public order maintenance
• Law enforcement
• Assistance to victims of crime
• Crimes prevention
• Emergency response
Duties of the chief of police:
a. In the case of municipal police force, administering the police force and overseeing its
operation in accordance with the objectives, priorities and policies established by the
board
b. Ensuring that members of the police force carry out their duties in accordance with this
act and the regulations and in a manner that reflects the needs of the community and that
discipline is maintained in the police force
c. Ensuring that the police force provided community oriented police services
d. Administering the complaints system
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