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Gazette, Vol. 73, No. 3, 2011
Through the lens
Focusing on police and modern media
Groundbreaking
technology
Seismology principles
used to prevent crimes
Cure for
the ‘sick’
Education-based
discipline offers
alternative to
suspensions
From the
silver screen to reality television
The changing face of the RCMP
Connecting with communities
Toronto Police Service builds a
social media
strategy
Panel Discussion
What’s the ideal
relationship
between police
and reporters?
Letter from the Editor
Redefining the media
The relationship between police and the media has traditionally been a symbiotic one. Reporters need the police to provide all the facts that are fit to print, broadcast — and now upload and post — and police need the press to disseminate crucial crime prevention and public safety information.
Cover Section
Around the world, Canada is known for maple trees, its vast and varied terrain — and the Mounties.
Police and media have the same basic goal — to cut through the superficial and get to the truth.
Smoking out
marijuana grow
operations
Former RCMP Commissioner William J.S. Elliott announces the launch of the Marihuana Grow Initiative at a press conference last fall.
Criminals started incorporating the Internet in their crimes about 10 minutes after the Internet was born.
As if law officers don’t have enough to think about, in comes social media.
In a growing number of American cities, the use of social media as a primary mode of communication by law enforcers is fundamentally changing the way police departments interact with the media and citizens.
Since the force launched its own Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts in 2009, it has proven to be an effective tool in sharing information and bringing visitors to the general website.
Here’s the problem. First, we have officers becoming roadkill on the information highway —ending their careers, or being disciplined, for not understanding the boundary between their private online lives and their public lives as officers.
Until last year, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) was in very much the same position as many other large corporations in regards to social media.
While there is no disputing the tremendous popularity of forensic crime dramas, what has been debated is whether these popular television shows are affecting the decisions of juries in a real courtroom.
Popping up on billboards and bathroom walls in two of Alberta’s most populous cities are disturbing images that drive home an important point.
News Notes
Statistically, six out of 10 seniors with cognitive impairments will wander from their homes at least once during their illness.
There are some 8,000 warrants for serious criminal offences outstanding in the province of Alberta, according to government statistics. Now, an integrated police unit is reeling those offenders in.
Halifax Regional Police (HRP) is one of a growing number of Canadian police agencies to launch an online incident reporting system for victims of crimes not in progress.
Trauma can have long-lasting effects on victims of crime. But timely involvement of victim services programs can reduce the impact.
Bob Paulson has been appointed the new commissioner of the RCMP, succeeding Commissioner William J.S. Elliott.
Q & A
From trauma to television
When Toronto Police Service Det. Const. Jim Bremner started his career in policing, he was drawn to the effort and discipline involved in the SWAT team.
Panel Discussion
What is the ideal relationship
between police and the media?
Insp. Marc Richer, Jim Bronskill and Daniel Brien
Just the Facts
Just the facts
“Legal highs,” or substances developed to circumvent existing drug control legislation, are a concerning new drug phenomenon, according to the 2011 United Nations World Drug Report.
Best Practice
Cure for the ‘sick’
Conceived in 2008 and introduced to the law enforcement community at Harvard University in 2009 by Sheriff Leroy Baca of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), Education-Based Discipline (EBD)...
Emerging Trends
Wiping crime off the map
Like with earthquakes, crimes start with an initial incident, followed by a wave of aftershocks.
On the Leading Edge
Latest research in law enforcement
The following are excerpts from recent research related to justice and law enforcement. To access the full reports, please visit the website links at the bottom of each summary.
From our Partners
Call for change
There has been a lot of interest in the last couple of years regarding the British PEACE model of investigative interviewing and its presence in Canada.
