Two B.C. lawyers, who have been critical of police investigating police - related deaths or serious injury incidents, believe the B.C. government's announcement last month to establish a civilian review body will go a long way in
restoring public confidence in police after the high - profile tasering death of polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport in 2007.
«In fact, this report shows evidence that police forces, like Staffordshire and Cleveland, which have used fairer stop and search tactics have not only seen reductions in crimes rates in line with overall trends, but have also
increased public confidence in the police.»
The commission argued that where police forces improve the proportionality of their stop - and - search procedures there is a significant reduction in crime and increased
public confidence in the police.
Restoring «dented and bruised»
public confidence in the police will be the main theme of the President's address to the Association's annual Conference next week.
Police officers must be held accountable for their betrayals of trust, because when they act like
this public confidence in police inevitably erodes.
With respect to the role of oversight agencies,
public confidence in policing can be increased by police management publicly acknowledging the role of civilian oversight, as represented by police services boards, the SIU and the OIPRD.
IDS: A 2010 EKOS poll supports the conclusion that there is softening of
public confidence in policing, particularly among younger Canadians.