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A Tactical Manual for Dealing with Canadian Cops
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A Tactical Manual for Dealing with Canadian Cops

Understand your rights before the encounter.

By Justin Stevens

A street stop. A traffic stop. Police at your door. This practical Canadian guide explains the questions to ask, the words to use and the details to record, with real-life scenarios and cited legal sources.

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Cover: A Tactical Manual for Dealing with Canadian Cops — Justin Stevens
English editionSelected edition
Couverture : Un manuel tactique pour composer avec les policiers canadiens — Justin Stevens
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What you get

Practical words. Clear examples. Sources you can check.

For readers who want Canadian police-interaction rights explained in plain language. Direct, irreverent writing makes the situations easier to follow; the cited sources let you look deeper.

01

Recognize the situation

Follow examples of street stops, traffic stops, home visits and phone searches.

02

Know what to ask

Find practical wording for questions about detention, consent and access to a lawyer.

03

Understand the reasoning

Connect the explanation to the legal cases behind it, with citations you can check.

04

Keep the important details

Use the after-encounter checklist to organize what happened and what to record.

Look inside

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Real pages and illustrations from the English manuscript. Open an example to inspect the writing, layout and artwork.

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Inside the book

25 chapters. Seven main parts.

Start with the ground rules, then find the situation you need.

  1. 01Your Survival Kit
  2. 02Street Encounters
  3. 03Traffic Stops
  4. 04At Your Door
  5. 05When Shit Gets Real
  6. 06Special Targets
  7. 07Fighting Back

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What to record after a police encounter.

A printable checklist adapted from Appendix A. Choose English or French; no account is required.

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