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CIDRAP
(Centre d'intégration et de diffusion de la recherche en activités
policières) |
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The Police Act asserts the mandate of the School
to conduct studies and undertake research in areas concerning police
work and affecting police training. The École must also see
that the results are published and disseminated, in particular among
the members of the law enforcement community. Until CIDRAP was created, most research in police activities
in Québec was undertaken by the bigger police organizations
and certain universities. Distribution outside of these circles
was limited. The establishment of CIDRAP aimed to meet the needs
in applied and basic research expressed by the police forces of
Québec, distribute to the education community material
accumulated in advanced research and make the ENPQ a schooling
and research environment of international stature, likely to be
recognized as an avant-garde environment.
 The Team |
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Pierre Brassard, M.A.P.,CD, Consulting Analyst
Marc Desaulniers, M.Sc. (administration), Consulting
Analyst
| Major Projects |
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Major
research projects managed by CIDRAP are based on the establishment
of a partnership structure bringing together applicant police
organizations and researchers in academic disciplines involved
in these research.
Occupational integration of Generations X and Y police officers
The average age of members of Quebec’s police forces is rapidly dropping and that is creating a new reality for managers of these organizations. Police management personnel are experiencing a certain “generation shock” as they come face to face with employees who share another system of values and references. It is quite possible that young police officers of Generations X and Y, who are starting to emerge as the largest group of officers, hold values that are fundamentally different from those of their immediate superiors. The School has mandated the Observatoire jeunes et société of the Institut national de recherche scientifique (INRS) to produce a concise survey of the scientific and professional literature on the subject.
Occupational integration of generations X and Y
(PDF version, french)
A study of the professional socialisation of Québec
police officers
A survey of all students, coming through the ENPQ in 2002 and
2003, follows them over a five year period using a self administered
series of questions. Ten of the former students are also interviewed
annually. This longitudinal study allows for the measure of the
changes in individual attitudes of former Québec Police
School students, a measure of the evolution of a given group and
the identification of specific categories of respondents and opinion
groups. This study also aims to attain an understanding of what,
through which dynamics and why, the attitudes predisposing students
towards the trade are apt to evolve and change.
First
phase report (PDF version, french)
Second phase report (PDF version, french)
Third phase report (PDF version, french)
Fourth phase report (PDF version, french)
Intermediate Impact Projectiles And Their Use In Crowd
Control
This major study was assigned to the ENPQ by the then Québec
Minister of Public Security, Me Serge Ménard, following
the events of the Summit of the Americas, in Québec City
in April 2001. This study was conducted by CIDRAP with the help
of the Experts of the School. A focus group of experts from police
organisations was also brought to contribute to the formulation
of the recommended content of a police practice directive for
Québec police forces. The final report was submitted to
the minister on July, 4th 2005.
Research report (to be published later)
Provoked Vehicle Immobilisation Techniques and Models
of Planned Road Control Operations
CIDRAP provided methodological support to the Committee on Road
Controls in the developing of Provoked Vehicle Immobilisation
Techniques (PIT) and Models of Planned Road Control Operations
(MPRCO). Further, CIDRAP conducted a study of techniques and models
retained, aimed at validating their safety and effectiveness.
The final report of this study was presented on December 18th,
2002.
Validation
Study of Preferred Provoked Immobilisation Techniques and Planned
Road Control Operations Models (PDF
version, french)
Project Kolombo
This study into the conditions of use of a vehicle anti-theft
system was conducted within the context of patrol simulations.
The study was conducted from August 20, 2001, to January 18, 2002.
Research
results (PDF version, french)
Seminar on Research Objectives in Police Matters
This seminar was held on November 27th and 28th, 2001. It brought
together representatives from police organizations, government departments
and organizations affected by social intervention in general, as
well as researchers and university professors working in social
sciences and concerned with problems relating to police intervention.
This seminar allowed the participants to produce a consensual agenda
outlining research priorities of CIDRAP for future years.
Transcripts
from the seminar (PDF version,
french)
- Projet research project into the automation of nystagmus detection (jointly with the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)
- Study of the effectiveness of virtual training on the use of force (FATS project)
- Wireless nearness detection system (with the École polytechnique de Montréal)
- Research project on police training and intellectual disability (with the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)
- Research project on male sexuality (with the Université du Québec à Montréal)
- Development and validation
of models for road intervention versus heavy transport
(on behalf of Contrôle routier Québec)
- A research on the attitudes
of Québec police officers and recruits with
regards to abuses of power and police corruption
- Implementation of a supervisory and monitoring structure
- Development of a Research
partnership with the Canadian Police Research Centre
Establishment of a watch structure
| The CIDRAP luncheons |
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CIDRAP holds conference luncheons on a regular basis. Known
as "Les dîners-causeries du CIDRAP", these events
are open to the school staff as well as to any person or organisation
interested by the guest speaker's subject. Speakers are invited
to informally share knowledge and the results of their research.
July 2008
Director of Public Relations and Communications for the City of Trois-Rivières, François Roy, holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Quebec Studies (political history). Intimately acquainted with the Three Rivers area, its history, its geography and its character, he reviewed with his audience the history of the Trois-Rivières police force.
June 2007
Captain François Gingras, Investigations and Special Services Division of the SPVQ, holds a General Bachelor’s degree obtained through an accumulation of certificates in social services, law and administration at the Université Laval, and is pursuing his Master’s degree in Public Administration at ENAP. In June 2006, he participated in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). He was posted to Port-au-Prince as Training Director and then as regional commander of the western region. He shared with us about this extraordinary experience and the tremendous amount of work still to be done.
March 2007
Chantal Fredette, holder of a graduate diploma from the École de criminologie of the Université de Montréal, is a Planning, Program and Research Officer at the Centre d’expertise sur la délinquance des jeunes of the Centre jeunesse de Montréal – Institut universitaire. She is interested in all the problems related to delinquency and violence committed and suffered by adolescents, and, in particular, organized crime (street gangs), a closely linked phenomenon, which was the subject of her talk.
November 2006
Ms. Suzanne Léveillée, Mr. Jean-Philippe Vaillancourt and Ms. Julie Lefebvre, psychologists in private practice and with CUSP at UQTR, increased listeners’ awareness of issues related to making a confession and turning oneself in to the authorities in cases of intrafamilial crimes.
May 2006
Lieutenant Frédérick Gaudreau, adjutant, renseignements opérationnels, Service des projets de renseignement criminel, Direction des renseignements criminels with the SQ, spoke about cybercrime that victimizes adolescents.
March 2006
Mr Denis Desroches is assistant to the Head of the Strategy Directorate
with the Montreal Police Service. He briefed his audience on racial
and illegal profiling, and gave an outline of the subject as it
is examined and dealt with within his organisation.
January 2005
Mr Michel Massé, from the tactical and specialised
support module of the Montreal Police Service, is a specialist
in the use of Conducted energy weapons (Taser™). This device
is presently in use by some police services. Is this weapon a
viable alternative to bring unruly suspects under control? What
are the advantages and disadvantages of this new type of weapon?
October 2004
Mr. Stéphane Leman-Langlois holds a Ph. D from the University
of Toronto and is presently doing post-doctoral research on terrorism
in Canada. He is also a member of the research team on terrorism
and counter-terrorism at the Centre international de criminologie
comparée de l’Université de Montréal
(CICC). He entertained the audience on the implications of terrorism
in the Canadian police context.
October 2004
Messrs. Francis Favrod, Jean-Claude Bigler, Pascal Pittet et
François Randin, from the police of Lausanne, Switzerland
gave a briefing on the organisation of the Swiss police and its
operational principles, present and future training modes. They
also covered the development of a police academy in the Lausanne
region.
April 2004
Mr. Michel St-Yves, a forensic psychologist with the Sûreté
du Québec, briefed us on criminal profiling and his role
within his organisation.
March 2004
The first female police officer in Québec, Ms Nicole Juteau
worked for 18 years in a number of capacities, including as an
investigator within the Organised Crime Unit and Narcotics division
within the Sûreté du Québec. In all regions
of Québec, she was employed as an undercover agent and
was also called upon as an expert witness in cases involving biker
gangs. Ms Juteau spoke of her career path and the experiences
that marked it.
February 2004
Mr. François Julien from the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires
et de médecine légale of the Ministry of Public
Security made an exposé on crime scene analysis. A case
entitled “Two deaths on rue Parthenais… murders or
suicides?” was also presented.
November
2003
Mr. Patrick Bélanger is head of the electronic and computer
surveillance with the Sûreté du Québec. He briefed
the audience on the legal parameters of electronic surveillance
as well as the services offered by his department, with examples
drawn from real cases.
October
2003
Mr. Michel Pilon has been a lecturer in investigation and police
interview techniques at l’École nationale de police
du Québec for eight years. Mr. Pilon briefed us on the latest
technique of cognitive interviewing.
September
2003
Ms Isabelle Huart, a French psychologist works in a continuing education
training centre for the French National Police in Tours. She briefed
us on her doctoral thesis, which deals with the moral development
of persons involved in law enforcement.
May
2003
Officer Jean Bergeron, of the City of Montreal police department,
briefed us on his experiences in East Timor, while seconded to a
United Nations mission.
April 2003
Mr Pierre Bellemare, a police officer with the Sûreté
du Québec for 23 years and an accident investigation specialist
for 15, explained his duties and responsibilities as an accident
reconstitution expert. He also described a real case he had investigated,
where there had been no witnesses all eight victims were deceased.
Accident reconstitution had been the only means of determining the
circumstances of the accident.
April 2003
Doctor Benoit Dupont, an assistant professor of criminology with
the Université de Montréal, made a presentation on :
“Police-University partnerships in training, a few thoughts
based on the Australian example.”
Doctor Dupont holds a Ph D in Political Science from the Université des sciences sociales de Toulouse, France. He has previously lectured
at the Australian Graduate School of Police Management and has conducted
research at the Australian National University.
February
2003
Mr Jacques Vézina, a police officer
with the Sûreté du Québec and former instructor
at l'École nationale de police du Québec, briefed
us on the subject of his Master's thesis "The Professionalization
of the Québec Provincial Police 1960-1970." His research,
at first based on the differentiation of the use of "tu"
and "vous" in Québec society, then centred on the
theme of authority as experienced by police recruits, prior to their
induction into the force up to their attendance at the first police
school of the Québec Provincial Police. In the light of the
evolution of the manifestations of authority, we were given a historical
portrait of the evolution of the Sûreté du Québec
from 1960 to 1970.
November 2002
Mr
Fabien Jobard, holder of a doctor's degree in political science
and a researcher with the "Centre de recherche sociologique
sur le droit et les institutions pénales" of the "Centre
national de la recherche scientifique" (CNRS - France), was
our guest speaker. Mr. Jobard described the differences between
policing models in Germany, France and countries of British tradition,
such as those of the Commonwealth and the United States.
October 2002
Mr
Jacques Landry, a polygraph specialist, was our guest speaker. He
elaborated on how the polygraph can be used to verify the reliability
of someone's statements, the confidence bond required between the
specialist and the subject, and the possible use of the results
in the judicial process. He also piqued the curiosity of the audience
with his experiences as a polygraph specialist in Belgium.
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