Exam 11: Going Forward: Critical Issues in Canadian Policing

Most police initiatives include an evaluation component.

RCMP officers are collaborating with police services from various European and American jurisdictions as they investigate a human trafficking ring.An organized crime group is operating the human trafficking ring,communicating online,and facilitating its operations across 16 different countries.What are these organized crime group members likely using to communicate internationally?

The Canadian federal government accelerated plans to introduce legislation expanding the authority of law enforcement and security services as a consequence of terrorist attacks in what European city?

What is the most optimal shift for police officer productivity and work/life balance?

Police services across Canada,the U.S.,and Western Europe work together to investigate and bust a large child pornography distribution business.What trend in policing does this exemplify?

U.S.research evidence reveals that shrinking the prison population by what amount would result in sufficient savings to hire an additional 100,000 police officers?

In the early 21st century,governments are far more reluctant than in previous decades to provide police services with additional resources without supporting documentation.

Imagine you are sunbathing naked in your backyard when a police drone flies overhead,recording everything in sight.You make a formal complaint to the local police service that your privacy has been violated.This scenario exemplifies how the use of drones may lead to unanticipated consequences,such as a lack of citizen privacy,that might result in critical incidents and therefore limit the potential of their use.What term does Griffiths use to explain this effect?

Which of the following is NOT a concern about equipping police officers with body-worn cameras?

The two-days/two-nights/four-off shift schedule provides the most effective use of patrol resources.

What portion of respondents residing in British Columbia who completed a national online survey (N = 1,609)on home-grown terrorism in 2014 reported that they believed there were radicals living in their community?

Police officers have estimated that it can require 70 to 90 police officers a year to maintain 24/7 surveillance of one suspected terrorist.

What factors have contributed to the globalization of policing?

Which of the following is NOT an example of technology in policing?

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD)requests money from Vancouver's city council to hire additional officers.As part of this request,the VPD provides documentation that indicates the resources will be used to hire 20 additional officers with the goal of decreasing the allocation of overtime among existing officers,which will result in projected savings of $475,000 annually and mental health benefits for staff.What does this exemplify?

Define darknet and discuss the two challenges/consequences its existence presents for police services.

As of early 2014,80 individuals who had been abroad and were suspected to have been involved in terrorist activity had returned to Canada and were being monitored.

Researchers in the U.S.have calculated that money diverted from correctional institutions to policing would buy at least four times as much reduction in crime.

Which of the following is NOT a challenge to developing evidence-based practices?

Police services have been slow to discard policies and programs that are not effective.