The Police Sector Council (PSC) is a national initiative to identify common human resource challenges and to find innovative solutions to urgent human resource issues in the policing community.

It is led by a Board of Directors and co-chaired by Chief Edgar MacLeod of the Atlantic Police Academy and Dale Kinnear, Director of Labour Services for the Canadian Police Association.

Sector councils were first created in Canada more than 15 years ago to deal with work force and labour market problems that were plaguing industries like automotive repair, electronics and tourism. They are supported by the Government of Canada's Sector Council program. There are now over 30 such councils supporting almost 50% of the entire Canadian labour force.

The PSC is the first council to focus on the public sector.

The PSC has created the following reference material to explain the mandate and activities of the Council:
Frequently Asked Questions
Elevator Pitch
Strategic Overview
What We Do And How

Our Key Stakeholders

Canadian Police Association (CPA): www.cpa-acp.ca

Canadian Association of Police Boards (CAPB): www.capb.ca

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP): www.cacp.ca

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM): www.fcm.ca

Provincial and Federal Police and Justice Organizations

Our Key Partners

Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN Inc.): www.cpkn.ca
CPKN is a not-for-profit organization that collaborates with Canadian police services and their Subject Matter Experts to develop high quality, innovative, e-learning courses and e-working tools (operational support tools and job aids) that support the training needs of the Canadian police community.

Canadian Police Research Centre (CPRC): www.cprc.org
CPRC is a partnership among the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the National Research Council Canada. It is staffed by personnel from the RCMP and the National Research Council (NRC), and is governed by an independent advisory board made up of representatives from police and other related organizations from across Canada.

Law Enforcement Aboriginal and Diversity: www.lead-alda.ca
Lead was developed to achieve a common professional approach by all Canadian law enforcement
to relationships with Aboriginal and diverse communities.

Canadian Association of Police Educators (CAPE) : www.cpc.gc.ca/cape_e.htm

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police - HR Committee (CACP-HR): www.cacp.ca

Membership

The Police Sector Coucil encourages every policing, partner and stakeholder organization within the policing community to register as a Voting Member Organization. Voting organizations make a contribution to the Council's governance, strategic direction, and mandate. A voting member belongs to one of the following categories:

• a body corporate, association, organization or institution that represents the interests of the public police sector;

• a police training institution;

• a public authority - any provincial or territorial department or public authority the federal government, municipal government - that is responsible for public policing;

• stakeholders (not individuals) that have a direct involvement with public policing.

To nominate your organization to become a member of the council, please contact: mshortall@policecouncil.ca.