Policing Integration: The Sociology of Police Coordination Work

218 Pages·2015·2.062 MB·English

by  Chris Giacomantonio (auth.)

Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security
Series editors:
Anastassia Tsoukala, University of Paris XI, France
James Sheptycki, York University, Canada
Editorial board:
Peter Andreas, Brown University, USA, Vida Bajc, Methodist University, USA,
Benjamin Bowling, King’s College London, UK, Stanley Cohen, London
School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Andrew Dawson, University
of Melbourne, Australia, Benoît Dupont, University of Montreal, Canada,
Nicholas Fyfe, University of Dundee, UK, Andrew Goldsmith, University
of Wollongong, Australia, Kevin Haggerty, University of Alberta, Canada,
Jef Huysmans, Open University, UK, Robert Latham, York University,
Canada, Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Laval University, Canada, Michael Levi,
Cardiff University, UK, Monique Marks, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa, Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Ethan
Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance, USA, John Torpey, CUNY Graduate Center,
New York, USA, Federico Varese, University of Oxford, UK.
Titles include:
Paul Battersby
THE UNLAWFUL SOCIETY
Global Crime and Security in a Complex World
Sophie Body-Gendrot
GLOBALIZATION, FEAR AND INSECURITY
The Challenges for Cities North and South
Graham Ellison and Nathan Pino (editors)
GLOBALIZATION, POLICE REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT
Doing It the Western Way?
Jennifer Fleetwood
DRUG MULES
Gender and Crime in a Transnational Context
Chris Giacomantonio
POLICING INTEGRATION
The Sociology of Police Coordination Work
Alexander Kupatadze
ORGANIZED CRIME, POLITICAL TRANSITIONS AND STATE FORMATION IN
POST-SOVIET EURASIA
Jude McCulloch and Sharon Pickering (editors)
BORDERS AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME
Pre-Crime, Mobility and Serious Harm in an Age of Globalization
Georgios Papanicolaou
TRASNATIONAL POLICING AND SEX TRAFFICKING IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE
Policing the Imperialist Chain
Leanne Weber and Sharon Pickering (editors)
GLOBALIZATION AND BORDERS
Death at the Global Frontier
Linda Zhao
FINANCING ILLEGAL MIGRATION
Chinese Underground Banks and Human Smuggling in New York City
Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security
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Policing Integration
The Sociology of Police Coordination Work
Chris Giacomantonio
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For Rachel and Jacob
Contents
List of Illustrations vii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms viii
Series Editor’s Preface x
Acknowledgements xx
1 Investigating Police Coordination 1
2 The Organization and Integration of Anglo-American
Policing 13
3 The Contested District: Lower Mainland Police
Work in Context 37
4 Narratives of Change 66
5 A Typology of Police Organizational Boundaries 96
6 The Dynamics of Inter-Unit Police Coordination 117
7 A Problem of Governance: The Importance of
Understanding Police Coordination 145
Appendix 175
References 182
Index 193
List of Illustrations
Tables:
Table 5.1 Police organizational boundary type matrix 106
Table 6.1 Law and policy relating to police coordination 123
Figure:
Figure 3.1 Lower Mainland policing boundaries
(courtesy of Bora 480 Photos) 55–56
vii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
ATTF Auto Theft Task Force
BC British Columbia
BCAATI British Columbia Association of Auto Theft Investigators
BET Beat Enforcement Team
CBSA Canada Border Services Agency
CET Citywide Enforcement Team
CEW Conducted Energy Weapon (e.g., Taser gun)
CFSEU Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit
CLEU Combined Law Enforcement Unit
CPC Canadian Police College
CPIC Canadian Police Information Centre
CRIME Consolidated Records Intelligence Mining Environment
(Vancouver Police Department intelligence system)
CSIS Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Depot RCMP training facility
DTES Downtown Eastside (Vancouver)
DPD Delta Police Department
FVRD Fraser Valley Regional District
GIU General Investigations Unit (Vancouver Police Department)
GVRD Greater Vancouver Regional District
ICARS Integrated Collision Analyst and Reconstruction Service
IGTF Integrated Gang Task Force
IFIS Integrated Forensic Identification Services
IHIT Integrated Homicide Investigation Team
IMPACT Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team
ISU Integrated Security Unit (Olympics 2010)
JFO Joint Forces Operation
JI Justice Institute (or JIBC, Justice Institute of British
Columbia)
LMD Lower Mainland District
MCM Major Case Management
viii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ix
MDT Mobile Data Terminal (in-car computer)
MLAT Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MPSSG Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
NCO Non-Commissioned Officer
NPM New Public Management
NWPD New Westminster Police Department
OCA Organized Crime Agency
PRIME Police Records Information Management Environment
RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RDO Regional Duty Officer
SCBCTAPS South Coast British Columbia Transit Authority Police Service
SCU Sex Crimes Unit (Vancouver Police Department)
ViCLAS Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System
VPD Vancouver Police Department
WVPD West Vancouver Police Department
YVR Vancouver Airport code