Patrol Gear
This conducted energy weapon is commonly used by police agencies
What is a taser?
This alphabet is used by Canadian police when spelling names or license plates over the radio.
What is phonetics?
This unit is typically activated for high-risk warrant executions, barricaded persons, and armed suspects.
What is an Emergency Response Team?
This 1999 Supreme Court case confirmed that police may enter a private dwelling without a warrant when they reasonably believe it is necessary to protect life or prevent serious harm.
What is R v Godoy (1999)?
This Manitoba law governs most driving offences, including speeding, seatbelts, and traffic control devices.
What is The Highway Traffic Act?
This protective device is worn under one’s shirt to stop bullets
What is a vest?
This national database, accessed via mobile data terminals, provides officers with criminal records, stolen vehicle data, and warrants
What is CPIC?
This unit manages crisis negotiations during hostage or barricaded incidents, often working alongside ERT.
What is a Crisis Negotiation Team?
This 2004 Supreme Court case confirmed that police have common law authority to briefly detain a suspect for investigative purposes if they have reasonable grounds, and may conduct a protective pat-down search for safety.
What is R v Mann (2004)?
Under Manitoba law, this term refers to any sign, signal, or marking used to regulate traffic.
What is a traffic control device?
This pair of disposable gloves protects officers from biohazards during searches or first aid.
What are nitrile gloves?
If buildings or distance prevent a radio signal from reaching the repeater, officers are experiencing this.
What is a dead zone?
This unit is responsible for documenting, collecting, and preserving physical evidence at major crime scenes.
What is Forensic Identification Unit?
In this 1997 case, the court clarified that searches incident to arrest must be truly connected to the arrest and cannot be used as a pretext for broader exploratory searches.
What is R v Golub (1997)?
This type of intersection has no traffic lights or stop signs controlling the right of way.
What is an uncontrolled intersection?
This belt system distributes the weight of equipment such as firearms, handcuffs, and flashlight.
What is a duty belt?
Accessing CPIC or MPI information over radio instead of secure data systems can create this operational and legal risk
What is a privacy breach?
This unit handles investigations such as homicides.
What is the Major Crime Unit?
This case involved an officer who stopped a fellow police officer showing signs of intoxication but deliberately failed to obtain breath samples, leading to a conviction for obstructing justice.
What is R v Beaudry (2007)?
This roadside device allows police to demand a breath sample during a lawful traffic stop without prior suspicion.
What is an Approved Screening Device (ASD)?
Officers are equipped with this opioid-overdose reversal nasal spray.
What is Narcan?
When a supervisor formally takes control of radio traffic at a major incident scene, they’re assuming this role under ICS principles.
What is Incident Command?
This unit conducts tests on potential suspects to verify whether they’re telling the truth.
What is the Polygraph Unit?
This 2007 Supreme Court case confirmed that police can continue questioning a suspect even after they repeatedly say they want to remain silent, as long as the statement remains voluntary.
What is R v Singh (2007)?
This Charter section is commonly argued when a vehicle search is conducted without lawful grounds or authority.
What is Section 8?