Police Constable - New Recruit (2026)

Becoming a Police Officer:

Policing is a career where your skills, integrity, hard work and determination can ensure community safety and well-being through collaborative partnerships, innovation and community engagement.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service employs over Sworn members.

As a GSPS Officer, you will use the latest techniques and technologies to assist in the prevention, detection and reduction of crime.

You will be trained to use information and effectively draw on your expertise to provide quality service within our community.

Officers enjoy a challenging career in patrol operations working within the community to prevent, detect, and investigate crime with future career opportunities in specialized units including:

• Break Enter and Robbery (B.E.A.R.)
• Community Safety and Wellbeing (C.S.W.B)
• Courts
• Criminal Investigations Division (C.I.D.)
• Drug Enforcement (D.E.U.)
• Financial Crimes
• Forensics
• Intelligence
• Internet Child Exploitation (I.C.E.)
• Professional Standards (P.S.B.)
• Rural Community Response
• Tactical
• Traffic
• Indigenous Liaison Office

Minimum Requirements:

• or Permanent Resident of Canada
• Minimum 18 years of age (this is the Provincial minimum)
• Good moral character with no criminal record for which a pardon has not been granted
• Physically and mentally able to perform the duties of a Police Officer Prior to applying and throughout your recruitment process candidates must be able to achieve and maintain Level 7 or higher in the Leger 20m Shuttle Run, as well as a medical and psychological assessment
• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (O.S.S.D) or its equivalent (i.e. grade 12 from any province of Canada). Applicants educated outside Canada should refer to the
• Current Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (O.A.C.P) Certificate or OACP Certificate Equivalency- For more information, contact Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (O.A.C.P) Certificate or by phone at 1---*
• Fitness Log
• Post-Secondary Education is an asset- it does not have to be in a “police related field”
• Volunteer Work- Demonstrated commitment to Community Mobilization and Engagement is considered an asset
• Demonstrated ability to meet Essential Competencies through school, work and life experiences
• Bilingualism considered an asset. We value any additional language that a candidate is proficient in (i.e. French, Ojibway Cree, Arabic, Portuguese, etc.)