A practical approach to ethics will help students maintain professional conduct and integrity that must be paramount in their decision-making. Topics include making ethical decisions, laws of police ethics, and moral decision-making.

• Introduction to Ethics
• How to Make Ethical Decisions
• Ethical Dilemma
• The Laws of Police Ethics
• Tools for Moral Decision Making

This course is designed to increase awareness of the lifestyle demands of the law and regulatory enforcement professions. The course also covers the extensive preparation requirements and screening processes used by agencies hiring in law and regulatory enforcement profession. The course covers topics in the physical requirements for the profession, demands of a 24-hour workplace, managing stress, identification of psychological impacts, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This course includes fitness planning and training, lifestyle planning, and nutrition.

This subject will help students understand what is happening in Canada today; what the trends indicate; why these things are happening; how social policy is affecting areas such as poverty, child abuse, violence against women; and more.

• Population, Human Geography, and Health
• Women, Marriage, and the Family
• Social Problems in the Workplace
• Social Problems
• Implications for the Future

This subject will introduce the foundational concepts of conflict resolution and mediation. The course also introduces the foundations of incident debriefing. The demands of the law and regulatory enforcement constantly place professionals in contact with hostile and interpersonal contact during stressful situations. These foundational skills will provide students with tools to improve their ability to do their job by being able to improve interpersonal communication at critical times. Incident debriefing identifies the purpose and process for this tool.

By studying the ethnic composition and the history of race relations in Canada, concepts of culture, and sensitivity training, students will understand critical situations which may arise from racially motivated conflict. In order to better understand and deal with native issues, students will study a history of first nations people, laws, demographics, culture, and current issues.

• The Sociological and Historical Background
• Law and Regulatory Enforcement working with Minority Communities
• Canadian Minority Community Profiles
• Community Resources
• Sensitivity Training
• Legal Measures
• Brief History of First Nations People
• Demographics and Culture
• First Nations People and the Law
• Current Issues

This course covers the foundations of human behaviour and the impact of deviant behaviour in the law and regulatory enforcement fields.

• Psychosocial Behaviour
• Addictions
• Sociopath and Psychopath
• Social Responses to Deviant Behaviour
• Human Behaviour Trends in Youth

Students will gain knowledge of both the organization and management of the public sector as well as the structure, function, and powers of the federal, provincial, and municipal governments.

• Introduction to Public Administration
• Introduction to Government
• Geographic and Historical Factors which Affect Government in Canada
• The Federal Government
• The Provincial Government
• Municipal Government
• Political Ideologies in Canada

This course covers the foundations of Canada's legal system, including the history of law, freedoms of Canadians, tort law, federal and provincial statutes, and provides an overview of family, contract, immigration, environmental, and native laws, and more.

• Purpose and History of Law
• Freedoms of Canadians
• Canadian Court Structure
• Introduction to Criminal Law and Criminal Offences
• Civil Law
• Negligence and Unintentional Torts
• Intentional Torts
• Overview of Family Law and Contract Law
• Overview of Environmental Law, Native Law, and Immigration

Students will gain insight and understanding of both the criminal and the crime including motivation, theories of crime and criminality, psychological/social impact of crime and violence, crime analysis, and Canada's criminal justice system.

• Introduction to Criminology
• Crime and Criminality
• Analysis of Crime in Canadian Society

This course provides an in-depth study of Canada’s criminal code and related federal statutes including interpretation through the perspective of a law enforcement officer.

• Review of Sources of Criminal Law
• Interpretation of Criminal Code Offences
• Other Federal Acts – Interpretation
• Application of the Code and Acts in Law Enforcement
• Overview of Young Offenders in Canada
• The Youth Criminal Justice Act

This course is designed to equip students with interpersonal skills identified by employers as essential for success in the professional world. Using a variety of instructional methods including case studies, group exercises, and discussion, students learn and practice key communication skills.

• Customer Service
• Team Building
• Presentation Skills
• Personal Marketing Skills

Beginning with an introduction to the history of policing in Canada, studies will also include police jurisdictions in Canada, police administration, how police agencies use their resources, and more.

• Origins of Policing in Canada
• The Context of Canadian Policing
• Police Jurisdictions in Canada
• Recruitment Practices of Police
• Agencies in Canada
• The Basics of Police Administration
• Assignment to Duty
• Funding for Law Enforcement and How Police Services Use the Funding

This course explores the history, purpose, and range of provincial regulatory bodies including crown corporations that maintain an enforcement or investigation function. The course also reviews the jurisdiction and provincial acts that support the functions of regulatory provincial enforcement agencies. Enforcement agencies include fish and wildlife, transportation, motor vehicles, forestry, social services, air, land, water, liquor and tobacco, gaming, taxation, and municipalities. Provincial crown corporations include railway, insurance, and public utilities.

In this course, the student will be exposed to the purpose of Federal Regulations, enforcement, and compliance strategies as well as methods for obtaining compliance. Students will outline how Regulations are a form of law and how Acts that authorize the making of Regulations are called enabling Acts. The student will compare and contrast the enforcement of Regulations in its two forms: compliance and sanctioning/deterrence.

This course will build on the concepts and ideas taught in earlier foundation courses and will provide the student with the base skills required to be a successful investigator. Course content will include an examination of the following areas:

• The Investigative Sequence, Principles and Initial Investigations by Patrol Officers
• Crime Scene Protection and the Handling of Exhibits
• Interviewing of Witnesses
• Interrogation of Suspects and Accused
• Rules of Evidence
• Surveillance

This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to carry out common law enforcement operations including powers of arrest, rules of evidence, seizure, process of interviewing (both those under investigation and witnesses), and documentation. This topic also covers provincial and federal legislation that govern law enforcement practices in these areas.

• Review of Law and Regulatory Enforcement
• Powers of Arrest
• Investigation
• Preserving Evidence/Forensic Science
• Rules of Evidence

This course covers topics related to post-law enforcement or regulatory enforcement including federal and provincial correctional services, probation, parole, halfway houses, rehabilitation processes, and restorative justice.

• Court Sentencing and Judgments
• Rehabilitation Services
• Federal and Provincial Corrections
• Alternative Sentencing
• Working with Addictions

Security professionals working in the province of British Columbia are required to complete mandatory training to being eligible for provincial licensing. You must be 19 years of age before you can apply for your Basic Security Training Licence.

• Mandatory BST training must be a minimum 40 hours in length, and focuses on the following content:
• Professionalism and ethics
• Legal studies
• Report writing
• Personal safety

As an approved security training school, our college’s course meets the training standards for the security industry as outlined in the Security Services Act.

This practicum work experience is a mandatory diploma requirement and the host organization does not pay for the services of the student during the practicum.

In addition to learning career-oriented skills, students learn how to get a job in their chosen profession. Our Employment Services department will assist the graduate in resume writing, as well as preparing for job interviews. Our staff is sensitive to current job market trends and the needs of employers in each local market.
Our graduates receive guidance and training to use career tools that help job seekers build a better resume and cover letter, manage an online portfolio, hone interviewing skills, and develop a personal brand online.
Students will have the use of a computer lab which has unlimited Internet access, as well as job search resources. Facilitators will also be made available to advise on job finding resources, interview skills and techniques and to carry out mock interviews.

This course also looks at the planning, preparation, execution, and follow-up stages of an interview:

• How people find jobs
• Employer expectations
• Presenting an enthusiastic attitude
• Focusing on the right job and the hidden job market
• Transferrable skills
• Thank you letters
• Effective telemarketing
• Handling objections, self-confidence, and self-esteem
• Individual counselling and coaching