SOC 3750 Chapter 1 -10: Police Readings (1 - 10)
16 Feb 2017
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Policing: fundamental principles in a canadian context - Canadian charter of rights and freedoms as the paramount law of. Although canada"s policing traditions lie with british policing, the proximity of the united states of america has resulted in the increased influence of american police models and techniques. In as much as canadian police emulate their american counterparts, there may be a militarization of an intentionally civilian service. Police may be criticized for accepting technology or techniques which have not been sufficiently tested or without full consideration of their implications. Canadian police services will likely see increased employment of people other than police officers: although police are a civilian service, this trend is referred to as. Civilianization, as a means of distinguishing police officers from other civilian employees of the police service: there has been a move to return police officers to the frontline, to better employ their special skills and training.
