Commissioned Police Officers
Job description
These individuals organize, direct, and evaluate police services. They ensure crime detection and prevention. This group includes officers ranked inspector and above.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Plan, direct, and evaluate the activities of a police service or a police service division.
- Establish and implement police service policies and procedures.
- Monitor police investigations and ensure that procedures are followed according to laws and regulations.
- Evaluate the performance of subordinates and assign promotions and transfers.
- Apply disciplinary measures as required.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
Non available
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
1,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 21.8% Female
- 78.2% Male
Not available.
- 21.8% Female
- 78.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$130,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9199% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 9199% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 491% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.
Also required
- University degree in Social Sciences or Business Management.
- Several years of experience as a Police Officer.
Sometimes required
- Knowledge of existing computerized software is often required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Active listening
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Human resource management
- Critical thought
- Social perception
- Active learning
- Reading comprehension
- Teaching
- Time management
- Persuasion
- Solving complex problems
- Learning strategies
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Service oriented
- System analysis
- Systems evaluation
- Negotiation
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Information organization
- Speech recognition
- Near vision
- Selective attention
- Idea generation
- Classification
- Originality
- Processing flexibility
- Distance vision
- Time sharing
- Perception speed
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Leadership
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity to work in a team
- Capacity to be discrete
- Vitality
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Knowledge of public safety and security
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Watch, defend, and secure
- Work in an office
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 40040
Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services
Job titles
- Police captain
- Police lieutenant
- Commanding officer - police
- Drug squad inspector - police
- Detective inspector - police
- Deputy chief of police
- Military police officer - commissioned
- Chief of police
- Police chief - regional operations
- District police chief
- Railway police chief
- Harbour police chief
- Royal canadian mounted police (rcmp) commissioner
- Assistant police commissioner
- Deputy chief coroner
- Regional coroner
- Chief detective - police
- Assistant chief inspector - police
- Police staff inspector
- Police force inspector
- Traffic inspector - police
- Anti-gambling section inspector - police
- Firearms section inspector - police
- Precious metals theft inspector - police
- Police inspector
- Headquarters police inspector
- Chief inspector - police
- Investigative inspector - police
- Headquarters chief inspector - police
- Deputy chief medical examiner
- Assistant deputy police chief
- Railway police supervisor
- Staff superintendent - police
- Traffic superintendent - police
- Police superintendent
- Chief superintendent
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Last update: February 14, 2024