ABSTRACT
Introduction 478 Overview of Policing in Canada478 Police Labor Relations in Canada480
Labor-Management Relationships481 Quality of Police Labor Relations in Canada482
Fundamental Principles of Police Employment483 Police Associations in Canada484 Canadian Professional Police Association485
e Evolving Role of Canadian Police Associations486 Emerging Challenges in Police Labor Relations487
Competing Demands in Domestic Policing488 Conflicts between Public Insecurity and Individual Human Rights488
e Underlying Rationale for a New Equilibrium489 In Pursuit of a New Equilibrium: e CPPA Bill of Rights491
Proposed CPPA Police Officers’ Bill of Rights493 Networks and Strategies494
Advocacy as a Strategic Police Association Priority494 Challenging the Status Quo497
Opportunities to Achieve a New Equilibrium498 Conclusion499 References500
A new equilibrium for effective twenty-first century policing can be proposed: in order to sustain a police culture that respects and protects the fundamental human rights and dignity of citizens, the citizenry must respect the fundamental human rights and dignity of police members.
