Conversations That Matter: Wally Oppal on policing in the 21st century
Credit to Author: Massey Padgham| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:00:31 +0000
Today’s police officer is a combination of crime fighter, detective, first responder and social worker who faces a myriad crimes that didn’t exist a generation ago. Terrorism and cyber crime are just a few of the new threats to the safety of any community and are extremely challenging to address.
“The public has very high expectations of the police,” said Wally Oppal, a former justice and former solicitor general. Generally, he said, police meet those expectations. “I think, in western democratic societies we probably have the best policing in the world and that is due in large part to the high level of qualifications and training that are needed to be a police officer in Canada.”
What is clear is the various police/security forces are now compelled to work together and coordinate their efforts even more than in the past.
We invited Oppal, who is heading up the review on education and training of police officers in B.C., to join us for a Conversation That Matters about preparing law enforcement officers for their role over the next few decades.
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