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IV.  Organizational Factors Affecting Police Discretion

Figure IV.18 Styles of policing by whether a First Nations reserve is in the police agency’s jurisdiction

Figure IV.18 shows the distribution of policing styles used by sampled police officers serving in jurisdictions with or without a First Nations reserve.

Jurisdiction over a reserve

• Mostly reactive 46%
• A bit of both 38%
• Mostly proactive 17%

No reserve

• Mostly reactive 39%
• A bit of both 54%
• Mostly proactive 7%