Police Academy Training

The successful recruit applicant will be sworn in by a Judge, Justice of the Peace or the Chief Constable as a probationary Municipal Constable.

To become a Certified Municipal Constable, the Probationary Constable must take intensive training at the Police Academy and successfully complete an 18-month evaluation by Port Moody Police Department.

The current recruit tuition fee is $9,500 per student. This fee is subject to change without notice. The recruit is responsible for this payment to the Police Academy on the first day of Block I training.

Police recruit training is broken down into a three block process and includes the following: Investigation and Patrol, Legal Studies, Traffic Studies, Social Sciences and a Physical Skills Training Program. The recruit training is conducted at the Justice Institute of British Columbia, located at 715 McBride Boulevard, New Westminster, B.C.

A breakdown of each block may be found at the Justice Institute website:

http://jibc.bc.ca/police/programs/recruitTraining/recruitTrainingblocksystem.htm?webtagCode=POL211

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