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6261 – Police Officers (Except Commissioned)
Police officers protect the public, detect and prevent crime and perform other activities directed at maintaining law and order. They are employed by municipal and federal governments, some provincial and regional governments and the armed forces. This unit group includes military police and railway police.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Bodyguard - military
- Bodyguard - police
- Cadet, police
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) investigator
- Canine-team member - police
- Community police officer
- Community relations officer
- Community relations officer - police
- Community services officer - police
- Constable
- Counterfeit and forgery section detective
- Crime prevention constable
- CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) investigator
- Desk officer - police
- Detective
- Detective - police
- Detective, counterfeit and forgery section
- Detective, narcotics squad
- Detective, vice squad
- Divisional diving supervisor - police
- Dog master - police
- Drug investigator - police
- Duty officer, headquarters - police
- Duty officer, station - police
- Education relations officers - policing
- Ethnic relations officer - police
- Evidence technician - police
- Harbour police officer
- Harbour police sergeant
- Harbour policeman/woman
- Headquarters duty officer - police
- Highway patrol officer
- Highway patrolman/woman
- Identification officer - police
- Investigator - police
- Investigator, railway - police
- Military policeman/woman
- Morality officer - police
- Motorcycle patrolman/woman - police
- Mounted police constable
- Mounted policeman/woman
- Narcotics squad detective
- Officer, community relations - police
- Officer, recruitment and training - police
- Patrol officer - police
- Patrol officer, traffic
- Peace officer
- Plain-clothes officer
- Police cadet
- Police constable
- Police constable, railway
- Police corporal
- Police investigator
- Police officer
- Police salvage diver
- Police sergeant
- Policeman/woman
- Railway guard - police
- Railway investigator - police
- Railway police constable
- Railway police officer
- Railway special agent - police
- RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officer
- RCMP officer
- Recruitment and training officer - police
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer
- Safety patrol officer - police
- School liaison officer - police
- School safety officer - police
- Scuba diver - police
- Scuba-diving specialist - police
- Secret service officer
- Security constable - police
- Security officer - military
- Security officer - police
- Staff sergeant - police
- Station duty officer - police
- Station officer - police
- Traffic patrol officer
- Vice squad detective
- Community relations officer
- Constable
- Crime prevention constable
- Detective
- Harbour police officer
- Highway patrol officer
- Police cadet
- Police officer
- Police sergeant
- Railway police officer
- RCMP officer
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Police officers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Patrol assigned areas to maintain public safety and order and to enforce laws and regulations
- Investigate crimes and accidents, secure evidence, interview witnesses, compile notes and reports and provide testimony in courts of law
- Arrest criminal suspects
- Provide emergency assistance to victims of accidents, crimes and natural disasters
- Participate in crime prevention, public information and safety programs
- May supervise and co-ordinate the work of other police officers.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is required.
- Completion of a college program or university degree in law and security or in the social sciences may be required.
- A three- to six-month police training program is provided.
- Physical agility, strength, fitness and vision requirements must be met, and psychological or other tests may also be required.
- Experience as a constable and the completion of specialized courses are required for detectives and sergeants.
Additional information
- Progression to commissioned police officer positions is possible with additional training and experience.
Exclusions
- By-Law Enforcement and Other Regulatory Officers, n.e.c. (6463)
- Commissioned Police Officers (0641)
- Private detectives (in 6465 Other Protective Service Occupations)
- Sheriffs and Bailiffs (6461)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 6 – Sales and Service Occupations
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 62 – Skilled Sales and Service Occupations
- Minor group
- 626 – Police Officers and Firefighters
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0