Modern Police Structure | The RCMP | Provincial Police | The Changing Police Service | Measuring Police Effectiveness |
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Federal, Provincial, Municipal, and First Nations/Aboriginal Police.
Name the 4 levels of public policing in Canada.
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Burnaby, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Richmond, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Surrey, Langley, White Rock.
Name 3 cities that contract the RCMP within the Greater Vancouver Region
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No
Does BC have a provincial police force?
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Studies that look at a large range of environmental factors, which are then used as demands to the police and how they operate.
What are environmental scans?
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Crime rates and clearance rates
Name the 2 ways of measuring police effectiveness
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RCMP or Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Name the federal police force of Canada
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Regina, Saskatchewan
Where do RCMP cadets train?
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The Ontario Provincial Police or OPP
What is Ontario's police force called?
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Identifying how existing police resources will be allocated
What is strategic planning?
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Actual crime rates vs. official crime rates
What is the biggest issue regarding crime rates?
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Sûreté du Québec or SQ
What is the provincial police in Quebec called?
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North-West Mounted Police
What was the RCMP originally known as?
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Three
How many provincial police forces are active in Canada?
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More efficient and effective
Why are the police starting to adopt the practices and procedures of the private sector?
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The number of crimes that are "cleared" (a charge being laid) vs. the total number of crimes recorded.
What are clearance rates?
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Private security and para-police forces.
In addition to the 4 levels of policing, what else is used as forms of peacekeeping?
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RCMP Act
What piece of legislation provides the framework for the RCMP and their activities?
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The provincial government contracts the RCMP
The RNC only polices certain communities and towns in Newfoundland. What do they do about the rest of Newfoundland in terms of policing?
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Organizational, administrative, and operational strategies that are proven through practice to prevent or respond to crime
What are "Best Practices" ?
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Community/Victim satisfaction, goals achieved, development of innovative programs, collaborative partnerships in the community, and involvement in inter-agency initiatives.
Name a contemporary method of measuring police effectiveness.
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To control the escalating costs of policing.
Why was tiered policing implemented in Canada?
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1974
In what year were women accepted as uniformed members of the R.C.M.P.?
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St. John’s, Labrador City, Churchill Falls, Corner Brook.
Name 2 municipalities that the RNC police in.
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An in depth understanding of the community and its residents, crime and disorder, and agencies that can be mobilized to prevent and respond to crime.
In terms of the police being a “learning organization”, what does organizational wisdom mean?
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A self-reported survey that is used to track the number of individuals victimized.
What are victimization surveys and how are they beneficial to the police?
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