Constable - New Recruits

Job ID: SPS00258

Job Location: Canada / British Columbia / SPS Headquarters

Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Business Unit: Surrey Police Service

Surrey Police Service (SPS) is Surrey's new municipal police agency. The transition from the RCMP to SPS is well underway and SPS has spent the past three years building a local, modern, accountable police service for Surrey residents. On November 29, 2024, SPS will become the police of jurisdiction, assuming responsibility for policing and law enforcement in Surrey. SPS is working to redefine policing with innovative new approaches and community-based solutions. It's an exciting time as SPS continues to expand our team with talented people who want to help shape the future of policing in Surrey. We have already hired over 400 employees and will grow to be one of the largest independent police services in Canada. Since day one, SPS has been intentional about building a culture that is inclusive, respectful and supportive, with a strong focus on employee wellness and career development.

Position Overview

Constables fill a critical front-line role, enabling public safety at the community level. They work in daily partnership with local communities, stakeholders, SPS team members, and other policing agencies (including Integrated Teams) to promote public safety, community engagement, and community well being to support the quality of life for citizens.

This role carries legal powers to enable the maintenance of law and order and carries responsibility for making decisions in accordance with the BC Police Act, exercising professional discretion, as appropriate to the role, in line with legal frameworks, and SPS policing guidelines.





Constables are required to meet and maintain the highest professional standards required of their role, by conducting all actions in a legal, ethical, and justifiable manner to uphold the law and achieve the best outcomes in a wide range of situations/incidents. SPS's Constables model the mission, vision, and values of SPS through unquestioned integrity and sustaining a visible, credible, inclusive, and respected profile.

They have a solid work ethic and are committed to a community-based policing model that looks beyond immediate issues and searches for realistic longer-term answers to complex community and social issues and emerging risks and trends.

Responsibilities

- Provide initial and ongoing frontline response to a wide range of calls for service and incidents that may include complex and confrontational situations, assessing immediate risk, threat, and harm to determine a proportionate response in line with the law, policy, and guidance.
- Take a lead role in establishing effective localized partnerships to problem solve, engage with, reassure, and support organizations, groups, and individuals in line with the SPS's values, mission, and vision.
- Effectively engage with victims, witnesses, suspects, and the vulnerable to provide initial support, direction towards relevant services, establish relationships,



and gather information that supports greater public safety in accordance with equality, diversity, and human rights considerations, Maintain awareness of potential and actual risks to individuals, taking appropriate action to protect and support those in need of public protection.
- Conduct effective and efficient priority and high-volume investigations as requested in line with standards of investigation to inform the development of case files and initiation of criminal justice proceedings. Gather and handle information, intelligence, and evidence, from a variety of sources, in line with legislation, policies and guidance, taking the appropriate action to support investigations, law enforcement, and criminal justice proceedings.
- Conduct first line analysis of information, intelligence, and evidence to determine significance, generate lines of enquiry, inform decision making and support evidence-based policing.
- Identify opportunities for and support the exploration of new ways of operating and applying critical thinking and problem-solving methodologies to identify solutions to problems in line with evidence-based practices within area of work. Candidates must support and fosters a respectful and inclusive workplace environment.

Qualifications

- Minimum 19 years of age.
- Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
- Physically fit and in excellent health.
- No criminal conviction for which a pardon has not been granted and no adult criminal charges pending (pardon must be included in the application).
- No history of improper conduct or poor employment, a negative military, educational, credit or driving record that would affect their suitability for policing duties.
- A valid and substantive class 5 drivers

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