
Diploma In Police Foundations
DURATION
4 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
CAD 16,539 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for 2 semesters for international students / fees include incidental fees and health insurance for the first year of study
Key Summary
Introduction
- Program Code: 1250
- School: School of Community and Health Studies
- Credential: Ontario College Diploma
- Program Type: Post-secondary program
- Program Length: 2 years/ 4 semesters
- Location: In-class ((Online in the event of a pandemic)
Centennial College's Police Foundations program is geared towards those who have an interest in police, security, and investigation-related occupations in both the public and private sectors.
In this two-year joint diploma program, you'll take Police Foundations courses in the School of Community and Health Studies that will cover:
- Current laws
- Investigative techniques
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Criminal proceedings
- Community policing principles
- Physical fitness
- Emergency Management and Public Safety
The time you'll spend in the Police Foundations courses will result in the ability to communicate efficiently, act as a problem-solver, work effectively in teams and help people in the community.
Program Highlights
- The Police Foundations program will consist of intense training, equivalent to a paramilitary environment, which will help you to develop discipline and deportment.
- Courses will be based on real-life experiences and case studies that incorporate a fundamental perspective on life.
Once you complete your Police Foundations courses, you'll be able to:
- The document, prepare, and assist in the presentation of court cases in compliance with criminal and provincial law, rules of evidence, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms;
- Assess the use of police powers;
- Initiate, promote and facilitate partnerships to meet community policing and security needs;
- Assess the relationship of policing services to other participants in the criminal justice system and other community service agencies;
- Make sound decisions based on an evaluation of situations;
- Cope with stress and optimize physical fitness and wellness;
- Apply fundamental concepts of political science, law, and legislative policymaking and public administration to the provision of police services;
- Assess information-gathering skills used in basic investigative techniques;
- Assess crisis intervention strategies;
- Develop strategies to assist victims of crime.
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Program Outline
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Program Outcome
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
- 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 behaviors, 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.
Career Opportunities
Program Highlights
Upon completing their fourth semester, students will be able to take a case from investigation through the presentation in Court. Students will be able to think critically about social justice issues and the implications of their actions through IPE (Inter-professional education) experiences. They will experience all components of the physical fitness tests currently used by police and military services while learning about the importance of personal fitness and life-long wellness. They will understand how to deal with crisis situations involving the public or themselves. Students will be prepared to engage in private or public sector policing investigations and security.
Career Outlook
- Police officer
- Customs and excise officer
- Security officer
- Military police
- Corrections officer
- Private security officer (in loss prevention and corporate security)
- Investigator
Education Pathways
Listed below are the credentials from partnering institutions that are available for this program.
Please note that each pathway has a specific minimum grade requirement in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the partner institution.
Educational Partners
Qualified Centennial College graduates may be eligible to participate in an articulated program with select universities, institutes, and professional associations. These partnerships allow you to apply academic credit towards further study.
The Police Foundations program's educational partners are:
- Brock University
- Conestoga College
- Georgian College
- Griffith University
- Humber College
- Laurentian University
- Royal Roads University
- Ontario Tech University
Areas of Employment
- Law enforcement including police services
- Private sector policing
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Armed forces
- Loss prevention
- Corporate security
- Corrections officers
- Customs and excise officers
- Investigators in wide and varied fields such as animal cruelty, by-law enforcement and the Canadian military (especially military police), municipal, provincial, federal and Aboriginal policing services, private and university policing, investigation, evidence and criminal investigations, Internet crime computer forensics
- Special constable positions such as GO Transit, TTC, University Police.