Candidates must be a minimum 19 years of age. A copy of your official birth certificate is required for the application process.

Candidates must have no criminal record.

Applicants are required to have a grade 12 diploma or equivalent. Applicants who have completed post-secondary education (certificate, diploma, or degree) may be considered more competitive during the selection process.

If an applicant has a college diploma, certificate or university degree, high school transcripts are not required.

Canadian Citizenship, Landed Immigrant Status, or Permanent Resident Status.

Valid BC Class 5 Driver’s Licence or equivalent.

Valid Standard First Aid Certificate with CPR level C.

Meet health, vision and hearing standards outlined below. 

Health

Applicants must be physically fit and have a healthy lifestyle.

Vision standards

(i) Must be binocular and have unaided vision of not less than 20/40 in one eye and 20/100 in the other eye;

(ii) Vision should be correctable with approved vision aide to a minimum 20/20 both eyes open with no one eye poorer than 20/30;

(iii) Colour vision must pass the Ishihara test or the Farnsworth D-15 test;

(iv) This minimum vision acuity is required for safe performance of policing duties if glasses or contacts are lost or displaced;

(v) Must be at least 150 degrees continuous along the horizontal meridian and 20 degrees continuous above and below fixation with both eyes open and examined together.

Note: Applicants who have had Laser Surgery must wait one month post surgery for an eye examination and have our form completed by the surgeon stating there are no adverse conditions.

Hearing Standards

Pure-tone thresholds measured under audiometric earphones shall not exceed 50 db in one ear and 30 db in the 500 to 3000 Hz range in the other ear.