In Canada, there are police departments at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. In B.C., there are 12 municipal police departments including the regional Transit Police, one First Nations police service, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) “E” Division providing municipal, provincial and federal policing services to communities across BC.

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Two years after graduating with a Law Enforcement Studies Diploma (LESD) at the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC), he was hired by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in early 2017.

Policing is a demanding and challenging job. Police officers perform service based on preserving the peace, protecting life and property, preventing crime, apprehending offenders, and enforcing the laws.

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Law enforcement in Canada also includes careers in a wide range of other agencies and departments at the provincial, national and international levels. This includes careers as border service agents, intelligence officers, cybersecurity analysts, and other public safety careers.

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As you can imagine, these responsibilities mean that every day is different. Police may spend much of their time patrolling to prevent crime before it occurs. They may also be busy attending scenes of major crimes, responding to hold-up alarms, arresting criminals, consoling victims of traumatic events, operating police vehicles in emergencies, keeping order at major events, enforcing traffic laws, giving evidence in court, and more.

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More than 70% of the career opportunities for new officers will be due to the retirement of current staff. The remaining job opportunities will come from growth in the police service in B.C. due to increased police services due to population growth in the province. For career outlook information for police officers, visit the WorkBC Explore Careers page.

All job applications to police departments are made to each individual agency, whether a municipal police department or the RCMP.

Like many kids, Ramandeep Randhawa grew up wanting to be a police officer. For much of his life, though, he was also overweight.

More than 10,000 police officers are serving throughout BC and police departments are actively recruiting to replace the significant number of officers retiring over the next decade.