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Class notes Crim 251- Policing In Canada (CRIM251)
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Lecture notes of 5 pages for the course Crim 251- Policing In Canada at UFV (Patrol in Canada)
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Lecture 6-Patrol PT.1 Nature of Patrol
o Most visible representative of the criminal justice system
o Usually includes 50% of the organization’s personnel
o Entry-level position for new police officers
Shift Work
Start out of the academy
o Position where you are likely to have the most contact with the public
Builds interpersonal skills
o Are referred to as the “eyes, ears, arms and legs” of police services
You are the front-line
o Have been referred to as the “first responders”
Also potentially makes patrol the most dangerous job in policing
o Primary investigation unit of the department
Your file until otherwise
Investigation Involvement of Patrol Officers can Include the Following
o Primary Investigator
Small departments may have one single investigator versus larger
department who files may move around to designated departments
How do you become a good investigator?
I am a first responder leave the paperwork
When workload goes up there are certain investigation that won’t be
able to have enough time to handle
o Managing Crimes in Progress
Senior Patrol officers being able to pick up on things at a scene because
of experience
Police have to attend all sudden death calls to determine if it was
suspicious or not
o Interviewing various parties involved such as complainants, victims, witnesses,
and suspects
What are your thoughts or theories?
People who are trained in interviewing children
o Protecting crime scenes
o Requesting further emergency services
Ambulance
Search and Rescue
Fire Department
Extra Police Services
o Collecting relevant information about a crime
Nowadays cameras make things easier in finding people
Can tell the different generations (Grab camera versus making notes)
o Writing up reports relating to the incident
, Police Databases
o CPIC (Canadian Police Information Centre)
A police officer can check the following:
Vehicles
o Stolen or Not Registered
o Abandoned (Such as parked on the side of the road during
snowstorms)
Persons
o Wanted by the police
Warrants for Arrest
Issued if you do not know the location of
the person on the arrest warrant
Canada Wide Warrant: Offence is serious
and need media help, can be arrested
anywhere in Canada
Jurisdiction Warrant: The arrest can only
happen in the jurisdiction stipulated
1040: code for warrant
Fugitive Return Program (Conair):
Jurisdictions (BC, AB, SK ETC) communicate
with each other and either extended to
radius or not
Charged by the police
Offences and all conditions applied
Haven’t gone to court yet
Missing People
Elevation for missing person calls
Higher Priority
Approved Verifier: Someone who can
approve that you are not missing and are
unharmed
Missing does not equal Not wanting to be
found but both have to be investigated
Property
o Check to see if something is stolen or not
Criminal Record
o Convictions and Charges
NCIC (National Crime Information Centre)
o American Data Base
o Don’t use in their vehicles, dispatch looks it up and gets back to the officer
PIRS (Police Information Retrieval System)
o Is a Canada wide administrative database
o Maintained by the RCMP
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