While being a cop is certainly a feather in your cap, and you worked hard to get where you are, you cannot believe some of the dumb questions you get asked. However, remember this, most average Joe and Josephine Citizens have no clue what your life is like, or what kinds of situations you face [….]

No really, you don’t get accepted into a police foundation course in Ontario based on your good looks. You have to meet a whole bunch of criteria to get that far and, be aware, that if you do good on your courses and sit a spectacular entrance exam you have one more hurdle yet to [….]

What do you watch the most when you are dealing with a suspect? If you answered, “Watch the eyes,” you may wind up dead. While watching the eyes does play a part in dealing with a suspect after he’s been subdued (or cuffed and stuffed), the most crucial thing to watch prior to him or [….]

This is something you likely already know about just by knowing what the police culture is like. You may have friends that are officers or you may be dating an officer, so you will see first-hand the kind of fraternity bonds that exist amongst them. This is something you need to remember, as you become [….]

Ever heard of the concept of tunnel vision? You probably have when you were in an argument with someone and they accused you of having tunnel vision in not seeing all the issues involved in the argument. In other words, you shut out or ignored some important information that would have made a difference in [….]

You know that filling out that first application to get into the police force is going to likely scare the beejeepers out of you. That’s normal, even expected, but manageable with a few pointers. The first thing you have to know is this, if the instructions on your application say to do something a certain [….]

We’ve just added two new psychological tests to our members area. They include an alienation test and an MMPI test.

And not just for the shooting range and hand-to-hand combat etc, but practice, practice, practice for your tests. Sounds way too easy you think? Then think about this one – the B-PAD where you have to give oral responses to simulated situations on videos you watch for 20 minutes. Then you have to provide an [….]

Are you ready for how the public perceives you? Ready for the media coverage that is less than complimentary? Ready for people to act like the police need to be avoided at all costs? Ready to get a real rough ride from some of the people you will deal with? Are you Police Ready? Better [….]

Yes indeed, instant fitness would be nice, but we’re afraid that isn’t going to happen any time soon no matter how hard you wish it might be so. If you want to be fit to pass the police entrance exams, then you have to do it the old way – by the bootstraps and working [….]