For the first time ever, the Police Sector Council (PSC) brings together all of the critical players in the policing community to facilitate innovative solutions to urgent human resource challenges.

Taking the Initiative
Human resource issues - such as recruiting, training and retention - are critically important to the future of policing. These challenges are even greater in the face of changing demographics, crime trends, and increasing economic pressures felt by police agencies large and small.

The PSC is a sector-wide approach to bring together leaders from the senior executive ranks, employee representatives, governments, police governing bodies, and training institutes to discuss and develop practical, human resource strategies for the entire community.

Taking the Pulse
The creation of the PSC responds to extensive consultations with more than 700 different individuals from a cross-section of police agencies and stakeholders. A report in 2001 identified several common priorities including the need for better succession planning, staffing models, executive development, and training for specialized skills.

These increasing demands come at a time when police budgets are under intense scrutiny as governments strive to contain cost.

Taking Action
The Council will deliver tangible results to the police community by:
• scanning the environment and identifying the issues - the Council uses Statistics Canada and
  Census data, along with recent trends that are having an impact on HR management in policing;
• conducting relevant research on the most pressing human resource challenges;
• sharing best practices in HR from both within and outside the police community; and,
• building a clearing house of solid policy responses, practical tools, resources and research
  applications through collaboration with other sector councils and HR experts.