Deck 2: The Origins and Evolution of Police Work

Question 1

Which province established Canada's first territorial police force?

A) Alberta
B) Ontario
C) British Columbia
D) Prince Edward Island

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Suppose that you were a Canadian university student in the 1960s and participated in left-wing student societies and demonstrations.Which police service could have been targeting you for surveillance activities?

A) Sûreté du Québec
B) Ontario Provincial Police
C) Royal Canadian Mounted Police
D) British Columbia Provincial Police

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Who was responsible for managing the first attempt at community policing by an organized police service?

A) Sir Robert Peel
B) Sir Wilfrid Laurier
C) Sir Oliver Cromwell
D) Sir Winston Churchill

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Imagine an 18-year-old man is arrested and detained in police lock-up and dies of injuries sustained during the arrest.The local community is outraged and organizes protests against the local police-accused of using excessive force in times past-that soon turn into violent riots.The police respond with their newly acquired armoured vehicles and place snipers on the roofs of the buildings surrounding the location of the riots.What does this exemplify?

A) militarization of the police
B) nationalization of the police
C) proliferation of armed forces
D) assimilation of armed forces

Question 5

Suppose that you were a 40-year-old male living in England prior to 1066 and you were part of a group composed of 10 families.What was the name of the group to which you belonged?

A) tenthly
B) tything
C) intercluster
D) aggregation

Question 6

In which country did policing evolve into an institution?

A) Italy
B) France
C) Greece
D) England

Question 7

What is the name of the individual who received Canada's first traffic violation ticket?

A) George Weiss
B) Henry Fielding
C) Henry Franklin
D) George Withrow

Question 8

In what year was the first woman appointed to the position of sergeant in Canada?

A) 1974
B) 1977
C) 1984
D) 1987

Question 9

While attending a concert at your local stadium,you notice that stadium-hired officers and your local police service are conducting security for the event.What is this practice called?

A) joint policing
B) shared policing
C) cooperative policing
D) collaborative policing

Question 10

When was England's first organized body of police established?

A) late 1600s
B) late 1700s
C) mid 1600s
D) mid 1700s

Question 11

Which piece of government legislation was responsible for establishing a full-time,unarmed police force in London,England?

A) Civic Police Act
B) Citizen Police Act
C) Municipal Police Act
D) Metropolitan Police Act

Question 12

Imagine you live in pre-Confederation Canada (pre-1867)and you are questioned for committing a crime; the person who questions you is a militia captain.Which country has settled your community?

A) Britain
B) France
C) Sweden
D) Germany

Question 13

Constable Smith works closely with the Inuit in his community,relying on them for assistance in using a dog sled for transportation.What characteristic of the RCMP as an organization does this reflect?

A) broad mandate
B) decentralized training
C) policing diverse environments
D) exchange-of-services agreement

Question 14

Imagine you arrive at Toronto's Pearson International Airport from a recent vacation in the United States.You interact with Canadian customs agents shortly after arriving,you speak with officers from both the Peel Regional Police Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police as you wait at the baggage claim,and you walk past a Group 4 Securitas security guard patrolling the parking lot where you left your car.What does this experience exemplify about changes in Canadian policing arrangements as discussed by Griffiths?

A) pluralization of policing
B) naturalization of policing
C) urbanization of police work
D) globalization of police work

Question 15

Who was the forerunner of the English police officer?

A) tenthman
B) tythingman
C) centuryman
D) hundredman

Question 16

Suppose that you were part of England's first organized police body as a paid police constable in the mid-1700s in England and reported to a justice of the peace.What was the name of the organization you belonged to?

A) Bow Street Runners
B) Police Street Runners
C) Peeler Street Runners
D) Bobby Street Runners

Question 17

When did police constables appear in Upper Canada (now Ontario)?

A) late 1700s
B) late 1800s
C) early 1700s
D) early 1800s

Question 18

In what year was the name of the North-West Mounted Police changed to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)as it exists today?

A) 1900
B) 1910
C) 1920
D) 1930

Question 19

In what year was the North-West Mounted Police founded?

A) 1873
B) 1883
C) 1893
D) 1903

Question 20

Which piece of government legislation was responsible for making policing a community responsibility in England?

A) Statute of London
B) Statute of Winchester
C) Justice of the Peace Act
D) Statute of the Frankpledge Act

Question 21

The RCMP did not swear in their first women officers until 1964.

Question 22

Discuss the significance of the Metropolitan Police Act (1829).

Question 23

Describe the contribution Sir Robert Peel made to the field of policing.

Question 24

The most widely recognized symbol of Canada throughout the world is the beaver.

Question 25

Define tiered policing,pluralization of policing,and collaborative policing,and discuss one potential negative consequence of these changes in Canadian policing.

Question 26

In the early 1800s,there was extensive opposition to the creation of the first organized police service in London.

Question 27

Policing was a community responsibility prior to the Industrial Revolution and the development of capitalism.

Question 28

Define "hue and cry" and describe how this principle reflected police practices in England prior to the Industrial Revolution and the advent of capitalism.

Question 29

The British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP)force was formed in 1891.

Question 30

As late as 1861,the Hudson's Bay Company's chief judicial officer served as the jailer,chief medical officer,sheriff,and coroner in the Canadian West.

Question 31

Compare and contrast public police and private security officers.

Question 32

Women officers were paid less than their male counterparts until the mid-1980s.

Question 33

The first police constables in Canada were appointed in Quebec City in the early 1800s.

Question 34

Canada's first territorial police force was established in 1858.

Question 35

Legislation was passed in 1858 in Upper Canada that authorized towns and cities to create boards of commissions to oversee police forces.