Registration

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Course eligibility
Availability of Positions
University Credits
Candidates from Canadian Police Services
Candidates from other Canadian government departments
International Students

Course eligibility

You must be an employee of a Canadian or international police service, or an employee with Peace Officer status, from a Canadian Government Agency (Federal, Provincial or Municipal), to be eligible to register for a course at the Canadian Police College (CPC). In addition, many courses have specific pre-requirements.

Fees differ for various types of employees.

Order form (PDF 11KB) - to order a letter of attestation or a replacement course certificate.

Availability of positions

Effective January 2006, positions on CPC courses are no longer explicitly allocated to Canadian police services one year in advance.

CPC course positions are made available to eligible and qualified candidates whose police service/agency/government department training coordinator submits completed registration forms to the Canadian Police College, as per established process. Wait-lists for “over subscribed” courses are managed using police population and advance demand.

University Credits

Police officers may apply to Canadian universities to receive credit for CPC courses through a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) process.

The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) is one institution that has granted PLAR for CPC courses. The CPC Registrar can assist with this process.

Candidates from Canadian police services

If you are an employee of a recognized Canadian police service and would like to attend a CPC course, please contact your police service/agency/government department’s training officer who will process the application for you to attend. Note that the CPC does not accept requests directly from individual police officers.

To register you for a course, once you have determined that you meet the Course Selection Criteria as outlined in each course description, your training officer should complete all sections of the CPC Registration form, have it authorized, and send it by Fax or E-mail - along with any required document (i.e. pre-course test results, letter of support, etc) - to the CPC Registrar.

Candidates from Canadian Government Agencies (Federal, Provincial and Municipal)

Although the majority of CPC students work at a Police Service, there are a few courses (i.e. TIAC, SIAC, INTSTB) that apply to people who work for Canadian Agencies and/or other government departments. Note that the CPC only accepts requests from the Agency/Government Department’s training officer - not from individual employees.

If your agency has not attended a particular course in the past, please have your training officer send a written request to the attention of the CPC Registrar, in order to determine if you and your Agency or Government Department meet the selection criteria.

The letter should be written on your Agency or Government Department’s official letterhead and include the following information:

• the purpose of your Agency or Department
• the type of work you do
• how does the work you do relate to police services
• the name of the course you are interested in
• the name of the main contact person within your organization for any future correspondence (include the phone and fax numbers, and an e-mail address).

A registration form and a FIS form (Govt. of Canada only) will be required.

Candidates from Foreign Countries

If you belong to a police service outside Canada and wish to register for a course at the Canadian Police College, have your police service contact the Canadian Embassy in your country or nearest to your country. Direct the request to the attention of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Liaison Officer.

The Liaison Officer will forward your request via the RCMP’s International Training Branch for consideration by the Canadian Police College.

If a position is available and you meet the Course Selection Criteria, your registration will be accepted. However, note that members of Canadian police services are given priority to attend CPC courses. As such, your request may need to be placed on a wait-list. If this happens, you may be offered the opportunity to replace an international student who has cancelled a position on a course, or your request may be considered for a future course date.

Questions?

For further information, please contact the Registrar at the CPC.