"More and more distress" in police forces
PHOTO ROBERT COHEN, ST. ARCHIVES LOUIS POST-DISPATCH / ASSOCIATED PRESSAs first responders, police officers are making up an increasing number of distress calls, all the unions and professional associations
of police forces that La Presse has consulted have said.
of police forces that La Presse has consulted have said.
(Quebec) The Minister of Public Security, Geneviève Guilbault, wants to modernize the police. Over the next few weeks, she will be tabling a
Green Paper on the police reality in 2019. La Presse spoke with unions and professional associations representing police officers in Quebec.
The report is brutal: police are burned, poor in the face of mental health problems, but also behind in the fight against cybercrime.
Posted on November 27, 2019 at 5:00
Green Paper on the police reality in 2019. La Presse spoke with unions and professional associations representing police officers in Quebec.
The report is brutal: police are burned, poor in the face of mental health problems, but also behind in the fight against cybercrime.
Posted on November 27, 2019 at 5:00
Last fall, the Minister of Public Safety, Geneviève Guilbault, announced that she would be tabling a Green Paper on the police reality in December of 2019. To the media in Quebecor, she said it was time to modernize the police and put on the table all the issues that cross in order to propose,
in a second time, a new framework.
Because police work is complex, and in recent years, it has become more complex. As first responders, they are dealing with an increasing number of distress calls, all unions and professional associations of police forces that La Presse has consulted have said. François Lemay, president of the Quebec Federation of Municipal Police (FPMQ), estimates that between 6 and 8 out of 10 calls now relate to issues related to mental health problems."Someone in my department has faced two gun suicides in one weekend. [...] We have been dealing with
younger and younger children who are talking about suicide. "
in a second time, a new framework.
Because police work is complex, and in recent years, it has become more complex. As first responders, they are dealing with an increasing number of distress calls, all unions and professional associations of police forces that La Presse has consulted have said. François Lemay, president of the Quebec Federation of Municipal Police (FPMQ), estimates that between 6 and 8 out of 10 calls now relate to issues related to mental health problems."Someone in my department has faced two gun suicides in one weekend. [...] We have been dealing with
younger and younger children who are talking about suicide. "
"By volume, cybercrime is what affects the most people in society [...]. It has become a problem of such magnitude that we need to think about how to collaborate with companies and partners abroad, "adds the specialist, arguing that all agents in uniform - and not that investigators
- receive training for a few hours to better support victims who file complaints at police stations.
Cybercrime, as it is experienced in industrialized countries, takes the form of phishing, cyber-fraud and fraudulent e-mails,
like that prince who promises part of his wealth in exchange for a transfer of funds - or two, or three ...
- receive training for a few hours to better support victims who file complaints at police stations.
Cybercrime, as it is experienced in industrialized countries, takes the form of phishing, cyber-fraud and fraudulent e-mails,
like that prince who promises part of his wealth in exchange for a transfer of funds - or two, or three ...
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