The authors also suggest solutions to the problems in four broad areas. Technological solutions, originating for the most part in the U.S., include sophisticated equipment and techniques including DNA fingerprinting, computer-aided investigations, advanced weapons, and greater numbers of officers. A set of policies referred to as managerial solutions include the recruitment of minorities, improved training, civilian review, and community policing. The principal political solution proposed here involves the potential devolution of responsibility from rural police forces to local aboriginal communities in Canada. Legal solutions, according to the views of the individual author, might include either tougher criminal laws, or legislation constraining police practices. The essays included here are divided into five sections: the history of police powers in Canada, police powers and citizens' rights, police organization and minority representation, police and politics, and case studies of policing in Edmonton and Montreal. Chapter references