Where should I apply?

I did all of my Police Technology at Ahuntsic College and graduated with a great Cote R. Because of that I entered the very first cohort at Nicolet. I have now graduated from Nicolet and that means that I have to apply at police services in order to get a job. I decide to apply for the SPVM and SQ. I had a great interview at both of the services. In each interview, an interviewer tried to challenge me on my answers, but I reacted well at every challenges he threw at me. I got a job at both police services so now I have to choose between the two of them where I would prefer to work.

Choice 1 : Take the job at the SPVM.

Choice 2 : Take the job for the SQ.

Take the job at the SPVM.

I decided to take the job at the SPVM because it is a great organisation and having the chance to work for that organisation is an incredible satisfaction. I have been working at the PDQ22 for over a month now and it is going well for me. I am learning a lot and I feel like I am becoming a better police officer with every intervention I make. My partner and I have a good relationship, and he really helps me to become a better police officer. He has been on the patrol for over ten years so with his experience he can teach me a lot of things in different interventions. The first call we got today was a case of domestic violence. When we arrived at the scene, my partner and I saw some marks of physical violence on the wife, but we asked them what was going on even though we knew what direction our intervention would take. I spoke with the wife and my partner spoke to the husband. The wife didn't want to speak against her husband so she never confirmed that he was physically violent with her. My partner and got back together and shared the versions we got from the wife and her husband.

Choice 1 : Arrest the husband.

Choice 2 : Give a chance to the husband and don't arrest him.

Arrest the husband.

My partner and I knew that because the wife had obvious marks of physical abuse, we didn't have a choice and we had the obligation to file a complaint against the husband and arrest him. We took him at the station and then he went to court where the judge let him go, but gave him some conditions to respect, such as a ban of contact with his wife.

Choice 1 : After 6 years at the PDQ22.

Give a chance to the husband and don't arrest him.

We decided to let him go because the wife didn't want to file a complaint against her husband, so we gave them the benefit of the doubt. We made a huge mistake by letting him go without arresting him because, in our situation, the wife has obvious marks of physical abuse. As police officers, when one of the partners has obvious marks of physical abuse, we have an obligation to file a complaint and arrest him or her even though the other person doesn't want to file a complaint. When we got back from our intervention and filed our report of the situation, our superior asked to meet us. He told us it was a huge mistake.

Choice 1 : Report my partner and I to the disciplinary committee.

Choice 2 : Talk to my partner and I about how bad our decision was and tell us that it should never happen again.

Report my partner and I to the disciplinary committee.

The disciplinary committee judge that we should not have consequences for that mistake, but they lectured us and told us that a mistake like this should never happen.

Choice 1 : After 6 years at the PDQ22.

Talk to my partner and I about how bad our decision was and tell us that it should never happen again.

My partner and I realized how stupid this decision was and took time to think about it on our own. We both knew that our superior was right, and we never made that awful mistake again in our career. We went back and arrested the husband.

Choice 1 : After 6 years at the PDQ22.

After 6 years at the PDQ22.

I have been working at the PDQ22 for over six years now and it is going well for me. Today, as I was patrolling, I got a call that one of my colleagues called a 10-14 for a 131, that means that he needed backup because there was a shooting. Because of the gravity of the situation, I went there to help him the quicker I could. I was the first one to get there and when I arrived at the scene I found my colleague, lying on the floor and unconscious. As I got closer I saw that he was bleeding, he had been shot. I tried to apply pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding after asking for an ambulance. When the paramedics arrived at the scene, it was too late even though I tried my best to control the bleeding but the damage was too extensive. The paramedics still brought him to the hospital, but he was already dead... This event was a huge shock for me and I had to take some time off to get back on my feet.

Choice 1 : Go back to patrolling when I feel ready.

Choice 2 : Retire from patrolling and become an investigator.

Go back to patrolling when I feel ready.

I decided to go back patrolling because I really like my job and I don't think I am ready to leave the patrol yet. I feel that I am back on my feet now, after months of consulting a psychologist. My superiors are fine with putting me back on the patrol if I feel ready. It's been now 4 years that I am back on the patrol, but I am ready for a new challenge, so I decided to apply to become an investigator. It turned out to be a great decision because I got the job and I really feel like I reached my life goal. I decided to finish my career as an investigator at the PDQ22. I retired after 35 years of service, and I am able to live a great retirement because of my good pension.

Choice 1 : After 6 years at the PDQ22.

Retire from patrolling and become an investigator.

Because of the post-traumatic stress disorder I suffered, I felt like I could not continue on the patrol, it was too much for me and it would always bring back all the bad memories of the event. My superiors and I chose, from a common agreement, that I could join the team of investigators and help them. As time passed, I became better and better at my. Of course, at the beginning I had a lot to learn, but the experience I had gained When I was patrolling really help me. Eventually, I had the opportunity to retire because I had done my 35 years of service. I finished my career as an investigator and retired when they offered me to retire. I had the chance to have a great pension because of my job as a police officer and can now enjoy my retirement.

Choice 1 : Where should I apply?

Take the job for the SQ.

After a short but thorough reflexion, I decided that taking the job for the SQ was what I wanted to do. It is a great organisation and I know that I will have a good and hopefully brilliant career in that organisation. The job they offered me was at Joliette. It is not very far from where I live, but I don't want to spent too much money on gas.

Choice 1 : Continue to live where I live.

Choice 2 : move to Joliette

Continue to live where I live.

After giving it some thought, I decided to stay where I live because it is closer to everything, stores, highways and my family lives there too. I believe that moving to Joliette would be more expensive in the long term.

Choice 1 : After a year with the SQ.

After a year with the SQ.

It has been now over a year since I joined the SQ and I completely love it here. I have to deal with all sorts of problems and I get the chance to help people and make a difference in their lives, because sometimes people come to me to have some advice about some personal problems that have nothing to do with my job, but I am still really happy to be able to help them in any way they need me to. Today, I had to deal with a suicidal person. This kind of intervention is always the hardest one because you have to be extremely careful about what you say to the person you are helping. You never really know what the person needs to hear but you just have to trust yourself, speak from the heart and do everything you can to convince the person that life is worth living. The person I had to help today was a teenager, she was sixteen years old. She told me that her parents were awful to her, that she had no friends at school and that everybody was always making fun of her. I tried to tell her that there were ressources she could use and that her solution wasn't the best, that in fact it shouldn't even be a solution. I spoke with her for almost an hour.

Choice 1 : I convinced her and she didn't jump.

Choice 2 : She didn't listen to me and she jumped no matter what I told her.

I convinced her and she didn't jump.

After speaking with her for about an hour, I found the right things to say to the sixteen-year-old and she decided to trust me and let me help her. I was really proud of me because I saved a life today.

Choice 1 : After a year with the SQ.

She didn't listen to me and she jumped no matter what I told her.

I tried my best to convince her that there was a whole lot of solutions for her so she would not have to feel like that anymore, but sometimes, no matter what you tell the suicidal person, that person decides to jump anyway and that is what happen today. It had never happened to me before so it was really a lot for me. I had to take some time off and go see a psychologist because I had suffer a post-traumatic stress disorder.

Choice 1 : Go back on the patrol when I am ready.

Choice 2 : Retire from the patrol and go help the investigators.

Go back on the patrol when I am ready.

After spending a couple of months focusing on my recovery, I now feel ready to go back to work. My superiors proposed that I stop the patrol but I didn't want to, I really enjoy patrolling and I believe that I will be fine. It's been now seven years since the traumatic event happened, and I was right, I knew I would be fine patrolling even after the event. My superior offered me a job as an investigator, but I don't know if I should take it.

Choice 1 : Stay on the patrol.

Choice 2 : Become an investigator.

Retire from the patrol and go help the investigators.

It's been a couple of months since the tragic incident and I feel ready to go back to work, but I don't think I can go back on the patrol. I am fine, but I feel that if I go back on the patrol it will bring back painful memories and I don't think I will be able to bear it. After talking about it with my superiors, they offered me to go and help the investigators. That way I won't have to go back patrolling, but I will still be a police officer. The years have pasted and I have become better at that job. I have been doing this job for over five years now and my superior offered me a job as a real investigator. I jumped on the opportunity, and I am now an investigator. My superior also offered me the opportunity to go work for the SQ in another city. I don't know if I should stay in Joliette or change city.

Choice 1 : Stay in Joliette.

Choice 2 : Go work for another SQ city.

Stay on the patrol.

After thinking about it for a long time, I decided that I should stay on the patrol. It wasn't an easy decision, but I live patrolling and I would totally enjoy finishing my career on the patrol. I finally did finish my career patrolling. After 35 years on the job, my superiors proposed that I retire. At first, I thought that I wasn't ready yet to retire, but after reflexion, I realized that I had giving enough to my job and to the society and decided to accept the offer and retire. I can now enjoy life as a retired police officer and because of my hard work as a police officer, I have an excellent pension to help me enjoy life like I should.

Choice 1 : Go back on the patrol when I am ready.

Become an investigator.

I have always wanted to be an investigator, it always has been my ultimate goal, so when my superiors offered me the opportunity to finally achieve my goal, it was a no-brainer to and I had to accept. I had an incredible career as an investigator and when I had dine my 35 years of service, I retired. I am happy to have a great pension that allows me to enjoy retirement as much as I should and will always remember my years as an investigator as the bests of my life.

Choice 1 : Stay in Joliette.

Stay in Joliette.

I decided that staying in Joliette was the best decision mostly because I started my career here and because everyone has been so nice and comprehensive with me that I would feel like I was betraying them if I changed for another city. It was a really great decision to stay here in Joliette, so great that I decided to end my career here. It's been now 35 years since I joined the SQ in Joliette and it is now time for me to retire. I had an amazing and brilliant career here and could not have asked for a better place to achieve my life goals. I can now enjoy fully my retirement, mostly because of the great pension I have.

Choice 1 : Go work for another SQ city.

Go work for another SQ city.

It wasn't an easy decision to leave Joliette because I started my career there, but I needed change in my life, so I had to change city. I got transferred to St-Lin-Laurentides. I was happy because it was even closer to my house than Joliette. I loved being an investigator in St-Lin and I could not have asked for a better place to end my career. I retired after my 35 years of service, but I will always be a police officer even though I am not in the field anymore. I can now enjoy my retirement and use my pension I worked all my life for.

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