My name is Remily Arroyo Camacho, and I’m a student in Police Technology at Ahuntsic College. It’s been 2 years since I started that program. My hardest class at the moment is planned operations. In this course, we talk about traffic management, crowds, emergency measures whether natural, biological, chemical, or social, law enforcement planning, attacks, etc. My second-hardest course is powers and duties because we are talking about criminal laws and criminal laws whether in Montreal or Saint-Hyacinthe. This course helps us learn about our legal powers in our police activities. Plus, I have this class twice a week. In any case, in the police career, you have plenty of other career opportunities. You can be a wildlife officer, corrections officer, community police, sergeant, SWAT, border agent, study criminology, become a lawyer, etc.
Being a police officer means responding to emergency calls, and maintaining security, order and peace in society. It is also their job to manage circulation, keep evidence, and testify in court.
In a day, police officers hold a gathering, respond to calls, ask for help if they need it, fill out statements of offences, summons to appear, promises to appear, reports, etc. They also check plates, speeds, people driving with cell phones in their hands, etc. They obviously can take breaks if they want to, to go buy coffee, take naps, buy food, etc.
Police officers in neighbourhood stations, in the streets, and operational centres.
To be a police officer, you must pass the college physical test, be accepted and then graduate. After that, you have to apply to the National Police Academy, which is very competitive by the way. After graduating from this school, you must apply to a municipality or a city where you want to work.
The difficulty of being a police officer is that you will witness the misery of people daily. The emotions of citizens can influence you. Plus, you'll see things every day that people don't even see in one day. The difficulty for police officers is writing reports because it can take a lot of time. You have to take your time to do them, otherwise you can get accused in court or ethics.
After 25 years of being a police officer, you are already retired. Plus, you can make lifelong friends since we work as a team.
To be a police officer, you have to be physically strong. We have physical tests even before middle school. For our physical test, we were given minimum numbers of laps, depending on our gender of course. During our studies, we have defence lessons, swimming lessons and a physical education lesson. Before applying to the national police academy, you must also take a physical test to be accepted. Throughout the 3 months at this school, they will make you do a lot of physical activities and hand-to-hand combat, regardless of your gender and size.