Policing in Canada Compared to the U.K.
A Canadian cop that was a British cop before compares the two systems of policing:
I certainly have fewer powers than I did before:
-I’m not allowed to arrest suspects, I have to have (in UK terms) sufficient evidence to charge before I can arrest.
-I can’t put people on Police bail, it’s not a concept that exists here.
-I can’t Stop and Search people.
-I can’t normally search people’s houses without a warrant.
British police certainly has no lack of powers:
In the UK, if you merely suspect someone, you can arrest them, take them to a cell for 24 hours, interview them and search their house.
What is interesting is the effect these powers have:
So what are you NOT doing, while you’re in custody, in the interview room, taking the statements, searching the house and otherwise investigating? You’re not on patrol, you’re not preventing the next crime from occurring and you’re not giving the remaining 99% of sober, honest taxpayers value for money.
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