Duties and Postings

Duties | Postings

Duties

As a Regular Member of the RCMP, you will:

• Graduate as a constable from Depot, the RCMP's Cadet Training facility;
• Serve three or more years in general duty policing;
• Work with and make an impact on your community;
• Acquire a wide range of law enforcement experience;
• Have options for over 150 career specializations;
• Work a varied schedule and shift work;
• Have learning and development opportunities; and
• Have postings opportunities across the country.

General duties policing will allow you to experience a broad range of assignments and experiences, such as

You should expect to work shifts, including nights, evenings, weekends and holidays as policing takes place 24 hours per day.

With over 150 different types of operational and administrative opportunities available within the RCMP, you can forget about the monotony of doing the same thing year after year for the rest of your professional life.

Whether you stay in general duty policing or pursue a specialization, there are many opportunities to ensure a career full of learning and challenge.

“I’ve had a varied career — frontline policing, media relations, protective policing — and the opportunities I’ve been presented with have been endless. It’s really a career within a career."

A/Commissioner Sandra Conlin, Chief Criminal Intelligence Executive
Pony Express, No. 4, 2009

A few of the operational specializations include:

 

Postings

As a Regular Member, you must be prepared to serve anywhere in Canada. As you gain valuable policing experience, different opportunities will become available to you.

Cadets do not get posted to their home province directly after training. Midway through training, cadets are asked to identify three provinces to which they would like to be posted. There are no guarantees these preferences will be given as it depends upon where members are needed at the time of graduation.

Cadets are also asked to indicate such things as debt load, marital status, if they have children, medical concerns for themselves and their family, etc as this helps the RCMP determine a suitable posting for the applicant.

The Transfer Process

The RCMP works with the member to determine the next career steps. Each time you will be considered for a transfer, your current personal situation is reviewed. The RCMP covers the cost for relocating members and their families, however; the RCMP does not assist spouses with their career relocations.

Policing Service

International

Most RCMP federal investigations have connections beyond the Canadian border. The RCMP has liaison officers located around the world and participates in peace missions such as Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan.

Federal

The RCMP has primary law enforcement authority in federal matters, such as narcotics, customs and excise, immigration and passports, and areas affecting national security.

Policing Service Agreements

The RCMP provides community policing services under contract in all provinces and territories of Canada, except Ontario and Quebec. You'll find us operating in over 750 detachments, including more than 190 municipalities, 184 Aboriginal communities and three international airports.

Individual municipal policing agreements have also been negotiated between a number of municipalities and the Government of Canada in contract provinces and territories.

The RCMP provides general policing services to First Nations communities in contract provinces and territories.