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[@andrewkcluk9708]

Thank you for sharing your story, Constantine. Would you consider becoming an Auxiliary Police Officer?

[@thesentinelmindset]

Hi Andrew, I have thought about long and hard for years, however the time constraints of running various businesses and a family :) has made it a little challenging. Its still on my bucket list though so who knows what the future holds.

[@andrewkcluk9708]

@@thesentinelmindset Thank you for the reply, Constantine! I recently found your KZbin channel and am your new subscriber. I have learned a lot from your informative content and your experience-sharing. Your background resonates with me because I have been a frontline worker in the social services field for 7 years now (homeless shelter, drop-in centre, street outreach), and I've been a YRP Auxiliary PC since 2021. Your sophisticated social services and law enforcement background will be valuable to the Auxiliary Unit. In the YRP Aux Unit, we wear the same uniform as the regular PC on the road. The introductory training sessions and patrols are set up to be flexible. I am looking forward to continuing to connect with you. Can you share the tips on how to get into the social work capacity setting with the City of Toronto?

[@chrisiztheman1618]

Getting hired by a police department in Canada is a numbers game. You can be the best candidate, but if you only apply to a hand full of forces, then there’s a higher chance that you won’t get hired. Understanding that OPC(Ontario police college) processes a maximum fixed amount of trainees per year is an important component(currently 2080). Example: OPP gloats about continuously hiring, while making it clear how desperate they are for people, yet they can only hire and train 400-500 people per year which sounds high, but really isn’t from an applicants perspective when considering they would probably receive around 2000 applications(more or less) for those positions. So 25% get in and the remaining 75% end up having to reapply the following year or come to some conclusion that they need to follow a “plan b” or otherwise when in reality had they applied to 30-40(or more) services, the chances of them people hired would have been exponentially greater. A small service like Brockville may have 100 total seats at OPC this year, and while they may look to fill them all, they only receive 200 applications. So in this case, if you apply here you have a much greater chance of being hired. I’m being slightly arbitrary here with the numbers, but I’m just saying… it’s never been more simple and easy to become an officer. Applicants just need to understand the numbers before they apply to only 4-5 services in the GTA which receives thousands upon thousands of applications for a limited number of spots.

[@thesentinelmindset]

@@chrisiztheman1618 well said. Thanks for taking the time to write this.