Calgary Police Auxiliary

[Traffic_Cop]

We’re Hiring Auxiliaries!

The Calgary Police Service Auxiliary program is hiring, and we need your help to recruit our next class!

If you, or someone you know, is 18-24 years old, with a high school diploma, and is interested in a career in policing - apply to become an Auxiliary!

Auxiliaries learn skills and knowledge that are foundational to being a good police officer, including how to resolve disputes, how to communicate effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, and how the legal system works. They also learn leadership skills and improve their physical fitness.

Once the initial training is complete, Auxiliaries work as part-time, paid employees alongside sworn and civilian members to help complete reports, answer questions at the front counters of district offices, and complete more specialized training throughout the program.

Next Thursday we will be hosting an open house in conjunction with the CPS Recruiting Unit where potential applicants will learn more about the program and the application process.

DATE: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 AND Thursday, November 22nd, 2018
TIME: 6:00 – 8 p.m. (Recommended to show up early to get checked in with security)
LOCATION: Westwinds Campus (East Building) @ 5111 – 47 Street N.E.

While participation in the program does not guarantee someone a future career as a police officer, it is a major asset to have when applying.

Applications for the Auxiliary program will be accepted between Monday, December 3rd, 2018 and Friday December 14th, 2018.

Applicants can apply through The City of Calgary website at www.calgary.ca/careers.

More information on the Auxiliary program can be found at www.calgarypoliceauxiliary.com.

[The BMW Guy]

Is 18-24 fairly strict for the aux program? My friend was interested in a career in policing, but he's 26. He's completed a criminal justice bachelors degree.

[Traffic_Cop]

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Is 18-24 fairly strict for the aux program? My friend was interested in a career in policing, but he's 26. He's completed a criminal justice bachelors degree.

The Auxiliary program is a mentorship program and is designed for people in this age group who are considering a career in policing. To answer your question no, the age requirement is far from set in stone. Given your friends current education, he’s probably better off applying directly to the CPS as a sworn member

[Hallowed_point]

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The Auxiliary program is a mentorship program and is designed for people in this age group who are considering a career in policing. To answer your question no, the age requirement is far from set in stone. Given your friends current education, he’s probably better off applying directly to the CPS as a sworn member

Agreed , RCMP is also hiring aggressively

[revelations]

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Agreed , RCMP is also hiring aggressively

... because they are losing a lot of members. Serious issues with the white shirts.

[Shlade]

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... because they are losing a lot of members. Serious issues with the white shirts.

CPS isn’t all that much better right now either...

[revelations]

Policing in Canada is in trouble on many levels - but at least the pay here (and many municipal forces) is better and you dont have to move every 3 years.

The fact that the biggest RCMP detachment (Surrey) is being closed down will mean the member shortage will come to and end - at least temporarily.

[Xtrema]

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The fact that the biggest RCMP detachment (Surrey) is being closed down will mean the member shortage will come to and end - at least temporarily.

Is Surrey getting their own police force? Isn't RCMP the only police presence in Surrey? It's quite a shit show already, can't imagine Surrey without police.

EDIT: Just caught up... https://globalnews.ca/news/4583668/surrey-police-rcmp/

[revelations]

Yea thats what their plan is.

[Shlade]

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Policing in Canada is in trouble on many levels - but at least the pay here (and many municipal forces) is better and you dont have to move every 3 years.

The fact that the biggest RCMP detachment (Surrey) is being closed down will mean the member shortage will come to and end - at least temporarily.

I don’t want to derail this thread too much, but show me the proof that having a municipal police force over a federal like rcmp will reduce crime more. Especially in a place like Surrey. I’ve got a buddy posted there and every second day is a shots fired call or other violent crime. The solution to that shithole isn’t replacing the rcmp, it’s adding more front line members

[ExtraSlow]

I don't think that's what revelations was trying to say.

[Darell_n]

RCMP is replaced for financial reasons as a town grows, not performance reasons.

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I don’t want to derail this thread too much, but show me the proof that having a municipal police force over a federal like rcmp will reduce crime more. Especially in a place like Surrey. I’ve got a buddy posted there and every second day is a shots fired call or other violent crime. The solution to that shithole isn’t replacing the rcmp, it’s adding more front line members

Surrey is exactly the wrong model for the RCMP - they are most suited to detachments that serve under 50,000 citizens IMO ....but thats a whole different thread in a L/E forum.

I certainly dont think this is going to suddenly make Surrey's crime problem disappear.

[revelations]

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RCMP is replaced for financial reasons as a town grows, not performance reasons.

Thats not entirely accurate either - Surrey will have to pay the city cops more (as they are unionized as opposed to the RCMP) and also the RCMP cities get 10% of the bill taken off by the federal government as well.

[Darell_n]

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Thats not entirely accurate either - Surrey will have to pay the city cops more and also the RCMP cities get 10% of the bill taken off by the federal government as well.

Surrey is not a town and should have had their own police many years ago. As a town grows past 15,000 the federal subsidy is cut to only 10%. At this point is when starting their own force may become necessary financially.

[Shlade]

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Thats not entirely accurate either - Surrey will have to pay the city cops more (as they are unionized as opposed to the RCMP) and also the RCMP cities get 10% of the bill taken off by the federal government as well.

The vote is coming soon... the rcmp might get unionized yet.

[Hallowed_point]

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The vote is coming soon... the rcmp might get unionized yet.

[tcon]

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Agreed , RCMP is also hiring aggressively

Yea but you could end up in Nunavut

[ExtraSlow]

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Yea but you could end up in Nunavut

Sounds like a win. See the country.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

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Yea but you could end up in Nunavut

I have a friend who's spending the next 2 years in Rural Manitoba. The closest gas station is 2 hours away. Apparently you make mad bank when you take these kinds of postings, plus you have nowhere to spend the money. She'll essentially be able to buy a house, in cash, in Vancouver, at the end of this posting. Also at the end of this posting, you get preferential treatment on your next post.