Understanding and documenting policing roles in terms of the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform jobs to a high standard is essential to all aspects of supporting police operations.

In this room we will focus on developing and implementing a national competencies framework and role profiles for the various jobs within the policing sector. This is a critical building block to drive efficient and effective HR planning and management and we will focus on tools and methods, applications, recent research and opportunities to collaborate.

Effective HR planning and management is based on our ability to understand and define these “competencies” and apply them in a dynamic framework - incorporating the processes of recruitment, education and training, skills development and performance and productivity management.

The policing environment is ever changing. Today, and into the foreseeable future, effective policing is going to cost more, be more time/resource consuming, more complex - and will require new skills and knowledge, and a continuous learning culture. To be relevant, police services will have to periodically re-assess the essential skills and competencies required for effective police functions.


Articles

Competency Frameworks & Job Analysis News. The Police Sector Council conducts media monitoring to collect articles on recruitment and retention issues relevant to policing from Canadian and International newspapers, magazines, and news wires.


Research

HR Diagnostic, Police Sector Council, 2007

The Council conducted a comprehensive diagnostic of policing HR practices in four main areas: Competencies, Recruitment & Retention, Education & Training, and Leadership. The project involved collecting information from police organizations across Canada to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of current tools and practices and to make recommendations to better meet the needs of policing management. HayGroup was selected by the Evaluation Committee to undertake this work. The project was managed by the council and directed by a project Steering Committee made up of various stakeholders across the sector. Every Canadian police service. HR practitioners, training professionals, recruits, chiefs, and every police officer in Canada had an opportunity to participate in this project. The findings and recommendations are presented in the final report.
Reports


Strategic Human Resources Analysis of Public Policing in Canada, Police Sector Council 2000
Full Report
Executive Summary

Policing Environmental Scan 2005, Police Sector Council
Executive Summary - PowerPoint Presentation
Full Report - PowerPoint Presentation


Tools

Many police services have developed comprehensive Competency programs and supporting tools. PSC has compiled an inventory of these programs along with contact information to faciliate information sharing. For a copy of the inventory, please contact Portia Dewhirst at: pdewhirst@policecouncil.ca