Serve Your Community

Basic Requirements

• Auxiliary Program applicant requirements: Age 19 years or older
• Canadian Citizen
• Proficient in English language
• Minimum education high school diploma or equivalent
• Valid BC Class 5 driver’s licence
• Preference will be given to applicants who live or work in Surrey
• Applicants must be physically fit and provide a certificate of medical suitability
• Applicants must be of good character (e.g., attain and maintain RCMP reliability status)
• Applicants must be willing to commit to a minimum of 2 years to the Surrey

Training

Auxiliary Constables must complete a basic training program that consists of 260 hours of classroom and practical instruction. Topics include law, police procedure, foot drills, self-defense, use of force, first aid, professionalism, effective presentations, and public contact. The training is delivered over a six month period. Full-day classes are held on consecutive Saturdays, with occasional evening classes during the week. Training schedule may be subject to change. The commitment to this training course is significant and attendance at all classes is mandatory.

Application Process

The application process consists of specific steps that the candidates must go through. Please familiarize yourself with the following recruiting process.

NOTE: Application intake occurs January to March every year. An overview of the recruiting process is as follows:

1. Register for and attend ONE mandatory Information Session (receive application form)
2. Signed application form submitted to the Surrey RCMP (application form, cover letter, current resume, and copy of Driver’s Licence)
3. Preliminary RCMP checks completed
4. Interview of Applicants with successful preliminary RCMP checks
5. Security Clearance documentation completed and submitted within 3 weeks following completion of the applicant interview
6. Security Clearance processing (including a security interview)
7. Certificate of Fitness Form and PARE Medical Clearance Forms completed and submitted
8. Complete PARE Test (a date will be set for the candidates to complete the PARE Test)

Supporting Community Programs & Events

Auxiliary Constables support a number of community policing programs and services, including Block Watch, Junior Police Academy and the Family Identification Program.

Auxiliary Constables also provide traffic control assistance and a visible police presence at special community events such as:

• Canada Day
• Cloverdale Parade of Lights
• Cloverdale Rodeo
• Fusion Festival
• Halloween
• Hands Across the Border
• Kabbadi Games
• Miri Piri Parade
• New Years Eve
• Remembrance Day
• Vaisakhi Parade

Purpose

The purpose of the Auxiliary Constable program is to strengthen community and police partnerships by providing volunteers with the opportunity to perform authorized activities in support of strategies to address the causes of, or reduce the fear of, crime and disorder.

Mandate

Auxiliary Constables are uniformed volunteers under the command of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Auxiliary Constables participate in community policing activities, on an unarmed basis and under the direct supervision of a police officer or under the general supervision of the detachment, relating to programs and services in support of public safety and crime prevention. Auxiliary Constables assist police with community-based policing and crime prevention programs in a volunteer capacity, and may also assist police officers in the field under certain circumstances.

Auxiliary Constables also participate in ride-a longs with police officers on patrol. This provides the Auxiliary Constable with an opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and expertise in law enforcement.

Largest in Canada

Since its inception in 1954, the Surrey Auxiliary Constable Program has evolved into one of Canada’s largest.

For program information contact:
Auxiliary Program
T: 604.507.5984
E: Surrey Auxiliary Application@rcmp-grc.gc.ca