Canadian Policing provides a practical and comprehensive overview of the history, functions, processes, issues, and challenges of policing in Canada today. Engaging, real-world examples and balanced coverage of controversial topics throughout encourage critical thinking and help students apply their learning to their future careers.

Colin S. Campbell's profile page

John Cater's profile page

Nahanni Pollard's profile page

Colin Campbell has taught in the Department of Criminology at Douglas College since 1997. He completed his PhD in criminology at Simon Fraser University and his MA in sociology at the University of Calgary. He also has BA and BEd degrees from the University of Calgary. He has taught criminology and policing-related courses for over 30 years. Prior to working at Douglas College, He provided research services and policy advice to the Commission of Inquiry into the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society. His academic research has focused on regulatory and law enforcement policies with respect to gambling in Canada. He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on gambling and has edited two books on gambling in Canada. He is also the co-author of a major review of gambling in Canada conducted for the Law Commission of Canada.

John Cater is a Staff Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with over 24 years of policing experience. His entire service has been in the lower mainland of British Columbia. The majority of his duties have been in major crime investigations. S/Sgt. Cater is an accredited Team Commander in Major Case Management. Within the policing community, he has been a National level instructor on judicial authorizations since 2003. He completed his BA (Honours) in sociology at Brock University in 1991 and his MA in sociology, specializing in criminology, at the University of Windsor (Ontario) in 1995. He has taught as a part-time faculty member in the Department of Criminology at Douglas College since 1998 and has taught more than 30 sections of policing and criminal justice courses to date. He has also been a contract criminology instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology since 2008.

Nahanni Pollard received her PhD from the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University in 2011, and is a Faculty member in the Department of Criminology at Douglas College. Her research background focuses on police studies, criminal justice system analysis, sentencing practices, simulation modelling and spatial analysis of crime patterns. Her BA (2003) and MA (2004) are both from Simon Fraser University, where she was involved in research with the Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies (ICURS) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Mathematical and Computational Sciences (IRMACS) Complex Modelling Group. Dr Pollard has worked extensively with law enforcement agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vancouver Police Department, Transit Police, and Winnipeg Police Service on research and policy initiatives. She has also worked as a Crime Analyst and later as a Policy Advisor for the Vancouver Police Department, and continues to be involved in research initiatives for Canadian police agencies. She has published 12 articles and book chapters, and has presented nearly 20 papers at international conferences in the US, Canada, and abroad. Her most recent work involves a clinical assessment of mental health in police and first responders, along with continuing work with police departments on deployment efficiency analysis and workload analytics.

"[This text] does a great job of managing the fundamentals of policing and the Canadian CJS. The view to what is happening in the industry and examples provided make the content very relevant." --Graham Wight, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

"[This text] offers a penetrating, significant, and critical analysis of Canadian police work at a time when the work that police officers do is becoming a point of concern for more Canadians, and achieves this in a way that remains accessible to a broad range of undergraduate students. . . . I was particularly happy to see reference made to current high profile Canadian cases. This makes the material much more accessible and engaging for students while providing a starting point for in-class debate and discussion." --Michael Fleming, St. Thomas University

"One of the aspects that I like is that [this text] engages the students in critical thinking exercises throughout each chapter and not just at the end." --Earl Andersen, Langara College