NCJ Number
43563
Date Published
1977
Length
188 pages
Annotation
STATISTICS ON POLICE PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION IN CANADA DURING THE PERIOD 1973-1974 ARE PRESENTED.
Abstract
THE DATA ARE BASED ON THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PROGRAM, WHICH COLLECTS INFORMATION RELATED TO POLICE ADMINISTRATION, CRIME, AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. THE REPORT COVERS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCES IN COMMUNITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 750 AND OVER, AND OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE, ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE, QUEBEC POLICE, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS AND CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY POLICE, AND NATIONAL HARBOURS BOARD POLICE. NARRATIVE SUMMARIES ACCOMPANY TABULAR DATA ON POLICE STRENGTH, POLICE PERSONNEL, CADETS, POLICE KILLED ON DUTY, AND POLICE TRANSPORT. OTHER TABLES PRESENT ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS BY TYPE OF FORCE, GROUP SIZE, AND POLICE JURISDICTION, AND PERSONNEL STATISTICS FOR SELECTED CITIES. APPENDIXES PRESENT DEFINITIONS FOR UNIFORM REPORTING OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION STATISTICS; ALPHABETICAL LISTINGS OF MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IDENTIFIED BY GROUP SIZE; MUNICIPALITIES, TOWNSHIPS, AND DISTRICTS INCLUDED IN 12 SELECTED POLICE METROPOLITAN AREAS FOR 1974; AND A FORM FOR REPORTING POLICE ADMINISTRATION STATISTICS. (IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH).