Police Foundations

Modern policing requires officers to possess highly developed social and communication skills, practical law enforcement knowledge, technical skills, and the ability to connect with the communities they serve and protect. In this program you will build these skill sets while gaining vital community outreach experience through a unique program with the opportunity to work with disenfranchised, vulnerable and/or marginalized populations. Training also focuses on mental health strategies in policing related to community members and officers; students will earn their Mental Health First Aid certificate in their course of study. In addition, the program will enable students to make community and global connections that provide transferrable skills that many employers are seeking.

What You’ll Learn

• Complete all tasks in compliance with pertinent legislation, as well as policing standards, regulations and guidelines.
• Analyze all relevant information and make effective and legally defensible decisions in accordance with ethical and professional standards.
• Be accountable for one’s actions when carrying out all tasks.
• Develop and implement ongoing effective strategies for personal and professional development.
• Ensure the respect of human rights and freedoms in all interactions.
• Work co-operatively in multidisciplinary teams to achieve mutual goals.
• Collaborate in the development and implementation of community policing strategies.
• Monitor, evaluate and document behaviours, situations and events accurately and discreetly in compliance with legal, professional, ethical and organizational requirements.
• Mitigate risks and maintain order by applying effective strategies in crisis, conflict and emergency situations.
• Take positive actions to help crime victims.
• Conduct investigations by collecting, documenting, preserving and presenting admissible evidence.