Originally Posted by NSX
^ So , as you can see, everything that everyone posted is VALID.
Id like to add a few more things for you to think about.
1. Hit and Miss. Even if you do everything that is mentioned above, and what recruiters tell you to do, you are still not guaranteed a job with police forces. The recruiting process is such a gray area, that if you mess up on one aspect in your life, you're done. For example, no amount of volunteering, education, fitness or test scores will help you, if you did something stupid in your past. You must be extremely well rounded.
2. Related to #1 - Depends who picks up your file and reads it. This could make you or break you. Recruiters are humans. Just because one person likes your file, don't mean the next one does, or the next department. Don't take it personal. Right time, right place.
3. Have a back up plan. Not everyone makes it. VPD gets like 20,000 applicants per year or something like that. They hire like what? 20 people per year depending on funding? Go figure.
4. Don't compare yourself to others. During your process, you'll find out things about people who are absolute SCUM and they get in, while you don't. You'll find phone salesman, and superstore cashiers get in, while their work history has absolutely nothing to do with Policing, and they get in.You'll find that you and other friends would make absolutely GREAT Police Officers, but because you guys were too honest, and had integrity, and told the truth, recruiting uses it against you. You'll find that you have more education, better scores, more life experience, better everything, and someone 19 or 21 years old gets in before you. (read next tip)
5. Its all about who you know.
6. Be prepared. Study the process. Nothing is worse than failing a test when they TOLD you exactly what to prepare for. And of course. Don't lie. You F@#$ this up, and you're done across Canada. You will never be a PO.
GG GL HF. If you get in first try, you are BAUSE.
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