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Police Training in Canada
Police Advanced Programming
Federal and Provincial Training Institutions
Police Advanced Programming is intended as career long knowledge, skills and abilities development through an officers length of service. The vast majority of this programming is funded by either the federal and/or provincial governments, or the members police service and selection and participation is usually controlled through the police services' Training Officer.
Police Advanced Programming covers a wide variety of disciplines and topics including, but not limited to:
- general investigative procedures
- forensic interviewing
- statement analysis
- drug enforcement
- traffic collision investigation, analysis and reconstruction
- commercial vehicle enforcement
- mountain bike and bike patrol
- motorcycle operators
- emergency vehicle operations
- fraud and commercial crime investigations
- internet and computer based crime investigations
- child abuse
- sexual assaults
- major crimes investigation
- hostage negotiators
- critical incident management
- major case management
- crime scene protection
- forensic scenes of crime officer
- weapons and tactical training
- defensive tactics and officer safety
- public order training
- K-9 training
- VIP security
- effective presentations and instructional skills
- field trainers/coaching
- cultural relations
- community policing
- media communications and relations
- internal investigations
- supervisory and management training
- leadership development
- senior police administration
- executive development
For a more detailed list of course offerings information can be found at the following federal and provincial training institution web sites:
Federal Training Institutions
- Canadian Police College
- RCMP - Pacific Regional Training Centre (PRTC), Chilliwhack, B.C.
- RCMP Divisional Headquarters
Provincial Training Institutions
- Atlantic Police College
- Ecole nationale de police du Quebec (ENPQ)
- Justice Institute of BC, Police Academy
- Ontario Police College (OPC)
- Saskatchewan Police College
E-learning for Police
The Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN), a not-for-profit organization, is Canada's leading provider of online training solutions for police officers. Working with subject matter experts from police training academies and police services across Canada, CPKN delivers highly effective, economical, and engaging e-learning courses to meet the needs of police services.
Other In-Service Training
Further, Police Advanced Programming is also provided by individual police services across Canada, the larger of whom have their own separate police training facility, such as:
