NCJ Number
132726
Journal
Canadian Journal of Criminology Volume: 33 Issue: 3-4 Dated: (July-October 1991) Pages: 543-549
Date Published
1991
Length
7 pages
Annotation
Two key factors emerge as critical to the national debate about the future of Canadian policing: the utilization of the experience of practitioners and the realization of the need for care in plans for predicting the future.
Abstract
Canada's current policing paradigm will shift at the intersection of three points: social behavior, criminal law, and police infrastructure. Currently, several contradictory pressures influence policing activities and result in a decrease in the traditional levels of police service. These three strains include legal restrictions, financial restraints, and increasing demands for police service. The key to coping with rapid change is a restructuring of the traditional paramilitary organization of policing that was state-of-the-art in 1829. This is consistent with the evolution of policing from a professional model, to a reform model, to a community-based model. The creation of flexible and responsive police multi-agency structures will enable the organization to make adjustments in a timely manner and will result in a higher quality of policing for Canada's communities.