| Whether you dream of helping people, or the | | | | necessary skills. These skills range from mental |
| excitement of chasing bad guys down a Toronto | | | | ability and emotional stability to physical skills. This |
| alleyway, you may be dreaming of a career as | | | | will include testing for analytical thinking, self |
| police officer. If you're looking into a career in law | | | | confidence, communication, flexibility, self control, |
| enforcement in the province of Ontario, there are | | | | relationship building, achievement orientation (the |
| a variety of steps you must take to make that | | | | desire to continually improve), medical skills, and |
| dream come true. Depending on the city in which | | | | physical skills. |
| you apply, there are a variety of requirements | | | | Background Investigation |
| that all applicants must meet in order to be | | | | Applicants who are accepted through the |
| accepted. For simplicity's sake, this article will | | | | interview stage will be subject to a background |
| address the requirements of the Ottawa Police | | | | check. This includes a psychological assessment |
| Department. | | | | test, as well as reference checks, verification of |
| Application | | | | documents, etc. |
| The first step in applying to be a Police Constable | | | | Reviewing |
| in Ontario is to complete an application. In Ottawa, | | | | Applicants that make it through the entire |
| the application can either be filled in online, or | | | | application and selection process are almost home |
| printed and delivered to the Police Department in | | | | free-- though it does not guarantee their being |
| person. The application form is lengthy, and in | | | | hired. The last step in the police constable |
| order to apply you must already be in possession | | | | recruitment process is the review stage, medical |
| of your: | | | | assessment, and payment. Applicants who go on |
| - OACP certificate | | | | to the training stage must pay $7,500 towards |
| - CPR certification certificate | | | | their police training. |
| - First Aid certificate | | | | Course: Police Foundations |
| Testing | | | | The recruitment process is long and in-depth, and |
| After the application process has been completed, | | | | many skills and abilities are made of applicants. |
| an applicant to the Ottawa Police Department | | | | The best way to ensure your qualification for a |
| must then go through the testing and selection | | | | position as a police constable in Ontario is to take |
| process. In order to take the test, all applicants | | | | the Police Foundations course. This two-year |
| must pay a testing fee, and the test will be taken | | | | college diploma program trains future police |
| after requesting an appointment. | | | | officers to deal with the problems and issues |
| Interviewing | | | | related to their jobs, and qualifies them for a |
| After the testing phase has been completed, all | | | | career in law enforcement. All applicants to the |
| applicants will undergo a personal interview and | | | | Police Foundations course must generally possess |
| physical test in order to assess a variety of | | | | a written certification of good health. |