![]() We're not gonna be always matched with a normal size like you would see in the sport of boxing or MMA. Narrator: Male and female cadets train together at Depot, and even face each other in Police Defensive Tactics training, or PDT.Īudrey Soucy: Fight! Obviously, in policing, we don't choose our opponent. So it's a real combination of two things that need to happen all at once. But they also have to have common sense they have to know their powers of arrest they have to know the law. We make the program such that they will be physically and mentally prepared. I'm not that type of person.Ĭadet: Can I get a 10-28, 10-29 PROS on a Saskatchewan marker when ready?īreton: We're trying to prepare them for the realities of policing.Ĭadet: Do you have anything on you that could hurt me or you?īreton: Policing isn't an easy profession. I just want you to know that I messed up. Narrator: Where most of the training is focused on mastering police procedure, practiced in realistic scenarios where cadets play the roles of both the officer and the suspect.Ĭadet: Anything that you do say to me can be used as evidence. You're under arrest for assault with a weapon. Narrator: And it all starts here, at Depot.Ĭadet: I need you to stand up. We are a police force that's the biggest message. The reality is policing back roads and small towns by yourself. But we're police officers first and foremost, and I think that's probably the biggest misconception. ![]() People see the red jackets, pointy hats on black horses, and they think that's what RCMP is. Mike McGinley: We're not what you see in the movies from Hollywood. Narrator: Although they're called Mounties, the RCMP isn't a mounted police force, and horses are only used for ceremonial events. The legendary Mounties are the symbol of law and order in this vast domain. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police as we know it today was founded in 1920. Applicants must be at least 19 years old and willing to relocate anywhere in Canada, including remote territories like Yukon and Nunavut. After three years, it increases to about $86,000. The starting salary for a constable in the RCMP is about $53,000 a year. It's a region of Canada known as the Prairie, where, during out visit to Regina, sustained winds combined with the low temperature made it consistently feel about negative 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Narrator: Training happens here, at RCMP Academy, Depot Division, located in Regina, Saskatchewan, about 100 miles north of the US border. So if we create that type of environment, we're hopeful that the cadets will remember that and when they are out in their various communities that they will continue to work with the communities as they were trained. We're out there to serve the Canadian public. Are we a kinder police organization? That is a comment that we actually verbally say out loud now. It takes probably a couple of weeks to get used to the routine. We sometimes see cadets go home after 24 hours. Narrator: The application process, which includes a polygraph test, can take about eight months.īreton: Everybody took a year out of your life to finally get here. We're incredibly happy that you're finally sitting in these seats as members of Troop 29. Jasmin Breton: Everybody wants you to be successful. On day one, a new troop is welcomed by the academy's commanding officer. ![]() On a bitterly cold week in December, we spent five days at the academy, where we saw different troops at various stages of the 26-week training program. Every year, about 1,000 cadets graduate from the academy before joining the 20,000 RCMP officers serving across the country. Narrator: That are steeped in Canadian history. But before they don the iconic scarlet tunic known as the red serge, all cadets have to graduate from the RCMP's 26-week training program, which combines intense tactical training with customs and traditions. Narrator: These cadets are training to become members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, more commonly known as the Mounties. There's no room for meek and mild in this job. Heaven forbid the day you have to yell at someone, "Stop, police, drop the knife," because they're coming at you with an edged weapon. Instructor: Really, that's what you're gonna give me? That's as loud as you can be? Instructor: Nunez, in what year did we become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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