Canadian Economics of Policing Report Released

A two-year study on policing has culminated in a report called the Economics of Policing, authored by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. Recommendations forwarded include:

• "increasing involvement of police services in interagency collaboration models such as the Prince Albert Hub;
• increasing the use of e-learning as a cost effective way of training police officers;
• considering tiered policing methods to support fully trained police officers; and
• calling for a central database of information sharing between police services regarding best practices and research".