Police Discretion with Young Offenders

Description of 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%