Hello, I'm Thomas and I'm in springboard to go in Police Technology, I've been in this program for two years this year. The people that should read my FAQ is the ones that want to be a police officer later or are or want to be in Police Technology. You could use it because you want to know anything about this job, and you will use it before becoming a police officer.
Being a Police officer is a demanding and varied job because you must respond to a lot of calls, you must write reports, you must patrol, and you have always contact with the public. It's nice because you help, but you have to manage your stress and your shift works (Day and night)
Police officers protect the population, they apply the laws, and they respond to emergencies. They also patrol, investigate, write reports, and make arrest. Finally, they work with the community to prevent crime and accident.
A typical day of a police officer always starts by a team meeting to know what happened before his shift. After this, you patrol and respond to calls like accidents or emergencies if you have one. On your day, you will have to dedicate time to write reports, make investigation and go to meet the public.
Police officers habitually work in the town like on their patrol sector or at the police station.
To become a Police officer, you must do your Police Technology int he cégep for three years. After, that you go to Quebec national police school which is located in Nicolet. The course in Nicolet lasts 16 weeks. After all that you will be sent to a police station in Quebec, based on your preferences.
When you are hired you will make something like $58 000 a year and after 5 years you will be at like $97 000 a year without bonuses and overtime.
After the initial training, Police officers continue their education during their careers. For example, they refine weapons handling, emergency driving and first aid. They can also specialize like themselves in investigation to be an investigator, to do the course to go in the canine unit or to do the course to go in the tactical squad.
There are a lot of danger of being a Police officer because you work without really knowing what is going to happen so in these situations and in the performance of your duties you can be hurt, and you might have to go to the hospital because of a shot fired so yeah it's pretty dangerous to be a Police officer if you don't know how to react.
In my opinion, I would say 25/75 because the part of giving tickets and arrest people on the road will probably be replaced one day because of the improvement of the technology but the part of talking to people, to convince them to not do what they are about to do, would probably be more difficult for a robot because they don't really have any morals and experiences so with that I would say that the chances are 25/75.
Habitually a Police executive can retire in their fifties but there is no regulation about that.
So, in conclusion Police officer is a very great job, but you have to be able managed your stress and a rather exhausting schedule. You also have to listen to people and be there for them.
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