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IV.  Organizational Factors Affecting Police Discretion

Figure IV.16 Regional distribution of styles of policing

Figure IV.16 shows the regional distribution of policing styles used by sampled police officers.

Territories

• Mostly reactive 27%
• A bit of both 55%
• Mostly proactive 18%

British Columbia

• Mostly reactive 43%
• A bit of both 43%
• Mostly proactive 13%

Prairies

• Mostly reactive 33%
• A bit of both 63%
• Mostly proactive 4%

Ontario

• Mostly reactive 38%
• A bit of both 55%
• Mostly proactive 7%

Québec

• Mostly reactive 62%
• A bit of both 23%
• Mostly proactive 15%

Atlantic

• Mostly reactive 40%
• A bit of both 55%
• Mostly proactive 5%