Police Foundations

Conestoga’s Police Foundations (PF) program offers a two-year integrated learning experience to help you develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values of a preferred candidate in public sector law enforcement. This program focuses on understanding justice through a lens of social equity and modern policing and has been designed to provide an overall base for a variety of careers in criminal justice and public safety.

In this program, you will be exposed to the many complexities that are facing modern-day policing. Through a combination of theory and simulation-based experiences, you will experience a person-centered approach to community policing. This program will prepare you for the acquisition of knowledge and skills relevant to entry-level positions in public-sector law enforcement.

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 cooperatively 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.