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V.I.P.P. (Volunteers in Policing Program) is a partnership between the Brockville Police Service and second year Police Foundation students from St. Lawrence College. These students are highly motivated and display a high level of personal qualities with a desire to help others. Starting in 1996, each Fall, a team of second year Police Foundation students are selected based on their college record and their performance in an actual police employment interview conducted by members of the Recruitment/Promotion Interview Team. All second year and select first years students are encouraged to apply for the positions, which gives valuable experience in providing a meaningful intership for a future police career. The opportunity to go through the actual police interview and hiring process where they are required to answer questions and participate in discussion at the interview phase, gives the students invaluable experience towards their future chosen career.
Today's V.I.P.P. students are still just as active as ever, being involved in many pro-active aspects of Community Policing and Community Safety. The V.I.P.P. team are involved in such programs as Child I.D., Racing Against Drugs, the Brockville and District Safe Communities Coalition, the Road Safety Challenge, Halloween Patrols, Crime Stoppers and many other projects. Members of the V.I.P.P. team intern with the Police Service from October to May.
Students were actively involved in the annual Use of Force training with the Police Service and assist the detectives, the secretarial staff, 911 dispatchers, and assist in a multitude of other crime prevention and community safety programs which are offered by the Brockville Police Service.
Being on the Brockville Police Service V.I.P.P. team is an excellent steppingstone and opportunity for any Police Foundations student in the area of career development. As well, it gives students a chance to gain valuable volunteer experience, which is a major requirement for future police constable candidates. Students get a first hand glance into the world of policing and get a taste of what is actually involved in being a police officer, helping them to make their future career decisions.
This partnership with St. Lawrence College has resulted in a number of graduates who experienced the V.I.P.P. internship being hired as police officers by the Brockville Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police, the R.C.M.P. and a number of other police services since 1996.
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