Define the Law
What are the natural rights of Canadians?
What is
Life, Liberty, and Enjoyment of Property/Security of the Person.
(The phrase "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is uniquely American)
What is the document that enables law enforcement to obtain evidence from a private dwelling?
What is
A Search Warrant.
What is the practice of Police Silence called?
What is
The Blue Wall of Silence
Where Police officers neglect to report misconduct, mistakes, or crimes committed by fellow officers.
Which school of thinking does this belong to? Classical (Conservative), Positivism (Liberal), Marxism (Radical)?
Laws are to be clear and available to the public. People have free will, they choose to commit an offence. Everyone is to be treated equally before the law. There should be limits to arbitrary power in the state. When punished, it should discourage the offender from reoffending and any one else from offending.
What is
Classical School of thinking (Conservative)
Who is credited for creating the first modern police force?
Additional points for naming one of the predecessors of the first police agency.
Who is
Sir Robert Peel.
E.x Shire-Reeve's, The Bow Street Runners, The Watchmen, The Thief Takers
If one said "Bounty Hunter", This would be incorrect as they were conceived long after the establishment of the concept of the Sheriff's office.
What are the Latin phrases for "Guilty mind" and "Guilty action".
Additional points for knowing why they exist.
What is
"Actus Reus" and "Mens Rea"
You can have a guilty mind or commit a guilty action without violating the law. One needs both to commit an offence and to be prosecuted for a perceived offence.
Under what circumstances enables a police officer to enter a private residence, property, or search such?
What is
Exigent Circumstances/Emergency Circumstances
What is this type of corruption?
"A Crown prosecutor omits crucial evidence against an accused in trial. This is done to enable them to obtain a lesser sentence because the lawyer feels bad for their kids and wants to get the mother back to them as quick as possible."
What is
Noble Cause Corruption
A form of corruption where the one in power is doing it for perceived good reasons.
What is the primary short coming of the Marxist school of thinking?
What is
It's failure to address the victims of crime and the source of it.
Who created the Panopticon?
Who is
Jeremy Bentham
What is the mandatory punishment for homicide?
What is
Life in prison
What is the document that enables police to obtain old messages from message platforms i.e Imessage, Discord, Instagram messages?
What is
A Production Order.
What is it called when someone gives advice on how to commit an offence?
What is
Counseling an offence
What is the theory that states maintaining a community and removing signs of disorder and crime prevents crime.
What is
Broken Windows Theory
Which Canadian Police Service was the first to hire a woman as a fully operation police officer?
Additional points if you know the name of the female officer
What is
The Vancouver Police Department
Bonus: Lurancy Harris and Minnie Miller
What are the two Criminal Code Sections that don't allow you to choose between a judge only trial, a jury trial, and a judge and jury trial?
What is
Section 553 and Section 469
In order for the police to obtain wire tap authorization, what must they first prove? (Guess at least one)
What is
All other methods of investigation have been:
Tried, Failed, Unlikely to Succeed, or Impractical
If a municipal police officer like VPD or NVPD get into a police involved shooting, how many bodies are routinely involved with the investigation?
Additional points if you could name at least one or one of the three other agencies that could get involved
What is
4
1. VPD Professional Standards Section (PSS/Police)
2. Independent Investigations Office (IIO/Civilian)
3. Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC/Civilian)
4. Vancouver Police Board (Civilian)
The additional three is:
5. BC Prosecution Service (BCPS)
6. BC Coroners Service (BCCS)
7. External Agencies (Appointed at random as to have an impartial investigation)
What is hedonistic calculus?
Who was the person who argued for better living conditions in prison?
Who is
John Howard
If facing a 5 year or more sentence, what is your constitutional right?
What is
The right to a jury trial
What is Bill C-16?
What is
The Bill that made LGBTQ+ a protected class
What was the Stanley Park Six incident?
What is
When six Vancouver Police Officers arrested three people under suspicion of drug dealing and beat them in a secluded spot.
What used to be the form of justice before an established legal system?
What is
Just deserts (Eye for an eye)
What is an Agent of the Crown?
What is
An individual or entity who works on behalf of the government but isn't working for.
I.E Informants, Banks,