A Career As A Police Officer

Introduces the profession of police officer, including its history, tools, training programs, and areas of specialization.

Whether they are working on the streets in local communities or behind the scenes identifying fingerprints and investigating crimes, police officers play an essential role in society. Those who are interested in pursuing a career as a police officer can learn about the specific skills and training required for the profession, as well as reading first-hand accounts of police work from officers in different areas of the police force. In exploring how police work has changed over the decades, this informative volume gives readers the tools they need to take the first steps toward their future careers.

Use your experience as a police officer to start a second career. A practical guide for law enforcement officers.

Many children, from the time they are old enough to be attracted to a siren and flashing lights, dream their whole lives of becoming a police officer. As a retired police officer, herself, Alley Evola looks at the daily ins and outs of the job of a police officer. From recruitment, life at the academy, patrol and eventually promotion, she provides a helpful understanding of what you can really expect. She also looks at the current issues, including race and gender, and how these have shaped certain expectations from the public that a police officer needs to be prepared for when working in this field. When you’re young and dreaming you don’t think about the process it will take to become a police officer. And it’s also not evident until after the police academy the many challenges and issues you will face in the field. So You Want to Be a Cop is for everyone who secretly wishes they were a police officer, or is pursuing their dream in hopes of transforming it into reality.

A career as a Police Officer is an exciting one! But do you really know what it takes to become one? This book takes you inside the career and shows you the day and the life of a Police Officer. Inside you’ll learn what they do, what training is required, what the future holds, and how you can become one!

Does a more academic type of police education produce new police officers that are reluctant to patrol the streets? What is the impact of gender diversity and political orientation on a police students’ career aspirations and attitudes to policing? These are some of the questions addressed by this longitudinal project, following police students in seven European countries. The unique data material makes it possible to explore a wide range of topics relevant to the future development of policing, police education and police science more generally. Part I presents an overview of the different goals and models of police education in the seven participating countries. Part II describes what type of student is attracted to police education, taking into consideration educational background, political orientation and career aspirations. Part III shows the social impact of police education by examining students’ orientations towards emerging competence areas; students’ career aspirations; and students’ attitudes concerning trust, cynicism and legalism. The overall results show that police students are strikingly similar across different types of police education. Students in academic institutions are at least as interested in street patrolling as students in vocational training institutions. Gender and recruitment policies matters more in relation to career preferences than education models. The national context plays a more important role than the type of police education system. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars in policing, criminology, sociology, social theory and cultural studies and those interested in how police education shapes its graduates.

If you would like to become a police officer in Canada, whether it be with the RCMP or any other Police Force, this book will provide you with a comprehensive step by step guide through the entire process. Becoming a police officer in Canada is extremely competitive. There are multiple exams, interviews, assessments, physical tests and reference checks all of which you need to pass to enter law enforcement. This guide is your opportunity to learn firsthand from past and present police recruiters how to successfully pass each stage in the hiring process, impress the department you are applying for and begin your career. This police preparation book is specifically designed for Canadians and is one-of-a-kind. A number of current and retired police officers in Canada have collaborated together to compile the most thorough, current, and relevant information that deals with preparing police applicants to pass each recruiting selection stage. Sgt J.T. Gilles is a former RCMP sergeant with 33 years of experience. Working as the sergeant in charge of the recruiting section, he was directly responsible for overseeing police applicants throughout the hiring process, and making final decisions on who to hire. Cst. Paul Tyler is a former police recruiter with one of the biggest city police departments in Canada who has years of experience in testing and interviewing applicants. Their experience and guidance is invaluable to those wanting to become a police officer in Canada. This book will specifically help you with: 1. Pre-Application Preparation: What to watch out for and stay away from. Learn what past behaviours are acceptable or are too much to overcome. 2. The Written Exams: Whether you are writing the RPAT, the RPAB, the PATI, the WCT, the ACT or APCAT, the SIGMA, or your police organization’s specific written exam, you will need to know how to prepare and what to study. 3. The Physical Exams: Learn the best training for the physicals test you will be taking, whether it be the PARE, POPAT, A-PREP, PREP, PAT, or your specific police organization’s physical test. You will need to know the best training techniques to achieve the best results and times. 4. The Interviews: Whether participating in a panel interview, a one on one interview, or both you need to be prepared. This book will give you a failsafe formula to not answer each question thrown at you, but to impress your interviewer with thoughtful and articulate responses. 5. The Polygraph: Learn what the polygraph examiners will be looking for when they interview, analyze, and test you. 6. Psychological Assessment: Being in the right frame of mind is crucial for this assessment. 7. Personal/Situational Assessments or Practical Exams: Yes you can prepare for these exams, despite what you have heard. Learn the do’s and don’ts when undergoing this type of testing. 8. Background/Field Investigations: Learn how to prepare and what to expect at this stage. If you work hard and know how to prepare for each of these stages, you will blow the competition away! After reading and using the advice and guidance supplied in this book, you will be in a different class then your competition, and reach your goal of becoming a Police Officer in Canada.