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Are you a member of a recognized police service in Canada, and interested in a career change that lets you explore new challenges while remaining in policing? We offer an exciting and unique style of policing as the only multi-jurisdictional policing agency dedicated to policing a transit system in all of Canada.
Select the category that applies to you to learn more about opportunities available:
Download our Experienced Police Officer Application and follow the instructions.
To submit your application or if you have questions, email us at recruiting@transitpolice.bc.ca. As an experienced police officer, you can also request a meeting with the Recruiting Sergeant to discuss the unique career opportunities that await you at MVTP.
Completed Experienced Police Officer Application packages can also be mailed or delivered in person to:
Recruiting Section
Metro Vancouver Transit Police
300-287 Nelson’s Court
New Westminster, BC
V3L 0E7
Candidates from within British Columbia who are currently working for a municipal police department, designated policing unit, designated law enforcement unit or provincial police agency, or who have been so employed within the last 3 years, may be able to bypass the exemption process and follow the simplified application process, as follows.
Completion of Experienced Police Officer Application form – follow the instructions and deliver the application to the Recruiting Unit by email, by mail or in person.
Includes Integrity Lifestyle Questionnaire
Intake Interview by Recruiting Unit
Medical Exam
Psychologist interview
Polygraph
Background investigation
File review and approval by Chief Officer
Applicants currently serving as police officers outside of B.C. will be required to write a series of exams that exempt them from recruit training. Candidates from within Canada may be exempt from blocks 1, 2 and 3 of the Police Recruit Training Program while international candidates may be exempt from block 3 only.
If the Ministry of Public Safety’s Director of Police Services is satisfied that the candidate is eligible for consideration, the Director will refer the candidate to the Police Academy for examinations and testing of skills.
Completion of Experienced Police Officer Application form - follow the instructions and deliver the application to the Recruiting Unit by email, by mail or in person.
Includes Integrity Lifestyle Questionnaire
Exempt Written Exam – held at Metro Vancouver Transit Police Headquarters in New Westminster
Intake Interview by Recruiting Unit
Medical Exam
Psychologist interview
Polygraph
Background investigation
File review and approval by Chief Officer
Contract Police Officers must be qualified police officers in Canada, with a minimum of 20 years of experience, hired by MVTP within three years of leaving their previous police agency.
Employment details:
The contract term will be up to 5 years; this can be canceled or extended with Union agreement.
Contract Police Officers will not be eligible for promotion, increment or specialty sections.
Contract Police Officers will be entitled to benefits as “temporary employees” described in the Collective Agreement.
Will receive approximately 368 hours of leave per year, which is a combination of annual leave, statutory time and accumulated time off
Pay will be in accordance with the Member’s years of service in policing.
Pension – if the Member is already collecting their MPP pension, they will receive 15% in lieu of a pension; they can direct any portion of this to their own RRSP have it paid out annually.
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