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A component of the constitution act that guarantees basic rights and freedoms |
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
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Legislation the includes provisions that define the responsibilities of the federal and provincial government |
Constitution Act |
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Federal legislation that sets out criminal law, procedures for prosecuting federal offences, and sentences and procedures for the administration of justice |
Criminal Code |
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federal legislation that provides the framework for the operations of the RCMP. |
Royal Canadian mounted police act |
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The freedom to choose between different options when confronted with the need to make a decision |
Discretion |
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An arrangement whereby the RCMP and the Ontario provincial police provide provincial and municipal policing services |
Contract Policing |
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In lieu of a union, a program that provides RCMP officers with a way to express their concerns to management |
Staff Relations Representative Program |
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Aframework that allows First Nations to negotiate a policing arrangementsuitable to their needs. |
First nations policing program
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Unarmed officers who generally have special constablestatus.
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Parapolicing
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Thedifference between how much crime occurs and how much crime is reported to ordiscovered by the police.
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Darkfigure of crime
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The sharing of case file and database information amongpolice services and criminal justice agencies.
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Interoperability
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In early England, the requirement that able bodied menassisted the police. |
Hue and Cry
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A system of maintaining order in early England.
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Frankpledge system
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Astatute that made policing a community responsibility
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Statute if Winchester
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Centralized peace keeping duties under justices of thepeace.
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Justice of the Peace Act
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Foundedthe first organized police service.
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Sir Robert Peel
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Establisheda full-time, unarmed police force in London
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Metropolitan Police Act
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A study designed to identify trends that may impact demandson police.
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Environmental Scan
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Organizational,administrative and operational strategies that are effective in preventing andresponding to crime.
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Best Practices
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The expansion of policing beyond the public police toinclude parapolice and private security.
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Pluralization of Policing
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The cooperation between public and private security.
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CollaborativePolicing
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a complaint procedure in which civilians conduct all thephases of the investigation.
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Independent model (of investigation)
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a procedure for complaint investigation with varying degreesof civilian involvement.
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Interdependentmodel (of investigation)
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thepractice of police investigating themselves.
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Dependentmodel (of investigation)
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acivilian agency that investigations serious police incidents in Ontario.
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SpecialInvestigations Unit (SIU)
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oversees police services in Ontario and hears appeals ofofficers who have been disciplined.
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OntarioCivilian Police Commission (OCPO)
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a civilian agency in Ontario responsible for receivingcomplaints about the police.
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Officeof the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD)
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anindependent civilian body that receives complaints made by citizens againstsworn and civilian member of the RCMP
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Commissionfor Public Complaints Against the RCMP (CPC )
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an oversight body of the RCMP that hears appeals from RCMPofficers who have been disciplined.
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RCMPExternal Review Committee
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bodiesthat provide over-sight of police
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Policeboards (also, police commissions)
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provisionsthat set out how police services are to be maintained and delivered
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Policingstandards
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Thelegislative framework for police services
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Police acts
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theminimum requirements for the candidates applying for employment in policing.
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Basicqualifications
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requirements that increase the competitiveness offapplicants seeking employment in policing.
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Preferredqualifications
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recruit training that focus on the acquisition of specificskills and knowledge.
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Competency-based training
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in-services police officers who are interested in leavingtheir current police services.
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Previouslyexperienced officers (PEOs )
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Trainingcourses for servicing police officers.
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In-service training
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instructing the recruit on how to apply principles fromthe training academy in the community.
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Operationalfield training
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aset of attitudinal and behavioural attributes of police officers
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Workingpersonality of police officers
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officers protecting one another from outside scrutiny andcriticism.
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Codeof silence
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an attitude set that emphasizes the high-risk/ action component of police work
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Blue-lightsyndrome
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elevated alertness about potential dangers in theenvironment.
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Hypervigilance
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Individual police officers putting their professionalinterests above those of the police service.
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Careerism
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a jet lag state of police officers, primarilydue to shift work.
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Tiredcop syndrome
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the centralized, computer-based information system used bypolice services.
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CanadianPolice information Centre (CPIC)
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the approach used by police dispatchers todetermine key facts about a call.
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“W”system
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a strategy to discard or divert calls for service to match available police resources |
Call shedding |
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prioritizing calls for service |
Call staking |
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categorizing calls for services based on the responsible required; eg. patrol car vs. no patrol car |
Differential police response |
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the amount of time that patrol officers spend responding to calls from the general public |
allocated patrol time |
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the amount of time that patrol officers have that is not committed to responding to calls for service |
unallocated patrol time |
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patrol officer skills set centered on information collection, communication, and conflict resolution |
soft skills |
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discretionary enforcement due to the inability of police officers to enforce all of the laws at all time |
selective enforcement |
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how patrol officers depict or categorizes the people and situations they encounter |
typification's |
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the actions taken and decisions made by patrol officers in various types of encounter situations |
recipes for action |
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individuals encountered by patrol officers who display mannerism and behaviors that suggest the potential of violence |
symbolic assailants |
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the organizational context and the community or areas in which patrol officers carry out their activities |
task environment |
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Investigative units that focus on specific types ofoffenders or criminal activities.
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Problem-orientedspecial units
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Policeunits that are distinguished by specialized equipment and tactics.
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Method-orientedspecial units
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theprotocol for conducting investigations
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Majorcase management model
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casesin which the perpetrator is readily identifiable
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Smokinggun investigation
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case in which suspect is unknown and extensive investigationis required.
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Whodunitinvestigation
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evidencein criminal investigations that is detected through one of the five senses.
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Directevidence
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evidence not directly observed but that can implicate anoffender.
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Circumstantialevidence
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the assumption that physical evidence is transferred duringthe commission of a criminal offence.
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Principleof transfer and exchange
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the investigative failure to recognized a pattern linkingone crime with one or more crime with others.
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Linkageblindness
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astrategy to identify suspects by constructing biographical and psychologicalsketches based on crime scene evidence
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Criminalprofiling
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ViolentCrime Linkage Analysis System; a system used by investigators that includesinformation on predatory and sexual crimes of violence
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ViCLAS
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theanalysis of behaviour patterns that relate to space or geography, withparticular reference to the journey to crime
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Geographicalprofiling
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Genetic information that can be used in case investigators.
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DNA
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specialized units that focus on unsolved serious crime.
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Coldcase squads
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a controversial investigation strategy designed to secureconfessions from crime suspects.
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Mr.Big technique
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