The Real Police Are Hiring

(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is looking for citizens to attend the 1st Annual Perth County OPP Citizens Police Academy to be held in March 2018.

The academy is an opportunity for citizens to learn areas of policing and covers a wide range of topics. Chosen participants will learn and hear presentations from areas of specialty within the Ontario Provincial Police. Such topics include: Crisis Negotiation, Recruitment, Emergency Response Unit (ERT), Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), Fraud Investigations, In-service Training (Use of Force), Forensic Identification, Technical Traffic Collision Investigations and other specialties. Participants will have the opportunity to tour a police detachment and learn about the local Auxiliary Unit.

Each Academy has been structured as an interactive information sharing evening, similar to a night school class. Whatever motivation a citizen may have for attending this 9-week Academy, the end result will be a community member who better understands the challenges and responsibilities faced by the men and women of the Ontario Provincial Police.

We are looking for mature, adult, community minded individuals who represent a wide range of ages, occupations and reasons for participating. Potential candidates will undergo a background screening process prior to selection and valid photo identification must be submitted with the application.

The program is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 5, 2018 at the Listowel Memorial Hospital Outpatient Building from 7:00p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The program will take place every Monday evening for a total of 9 weeks.

A graduation Ceremony will be hosted after the completion of the program.

Applications can be picked up at the Listowel, Mitchell and Sebringville detachment offices. Applications received later than February 16, 2018 will not be accepted.

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