National Centre for Policing Excellence A Canadian Initiative
This initiative by the Coalition for Canadian Police Excellence aims to enhance police professionalism and establish a centre for police excellence within Canadian policing.
About the National Centre for Policing Excellence
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What is C-CPE?
The Coalition for Canadian Police Excellence is proposing the establishment of the National Centre for Policing Excellence (NCPE).
C-CPE is a registered charity with members from across Canada. We were formed in 2021 to educate Canadians about the need for improved police education.
Training vs Education
People who wish to be police officers apply to a policing service like the RCMP or the Edmonton Police Service.
If they qualify they enter a short training academy to learn essential skills. That's training.
Education however is about the knowledge that makes for better decision making and better interpersonal skills with people.
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Evolution of the NCPE proposal
Evolution of the NCPE proposal
The members of the Working Group of C-CPE are stakeholders from national service agencies, police officials and academics.
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What is the NCPE?
The National Centre of Police Excellence is a federally supported institution responsible for researching and recommending post-secondary school curricula that would academically prepare graduates to become police officers, and serving police officers to advance into leadership positions. Its graduates would be academically competent to work in any jurisdiction in Canada. The Centre would also maintain a library of courses and learning best practices for police across the country. The Centre's focus is on education.
The Centre would consist of peer recognized subject matter specialists in the type of post-secondary school education that police officers need in order to serve Canada’s diverse communities and that Canadians want them to have. Particularly, it would have significant and broad community representation because, it can be argued, community representatives are police subject matter specialists too. It is community members who, after all, know very well the nature and type of policing that will best serve their community, especially members from Indigenous, racialized, and gender diverse communities. Many studies have reported on the discriminatory nature of policing (both over and under policing) that these communities experience (Public Safety Canada Departmental Plan, 2024). This is known by those communities to be often the result of ignorance on the part of police of their community’s experience in Canada (social, cultural, and economic). Consequently, in addition to the conventionally recognized policing specialists, the Centre’s composition will consist of significant and broad community representation especially from Indigenous, racialized, gender diverse communities, and people with substance use and mental health issues.
The Centre will serve as an independent, education-first, national body that collaborates with accredited universities and policing stakeholders to deliver standardized foundational police education. Its governance and mandate ensure that police education remains a public good.
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Contact Us
Contact the C-CPE to learn more
The NCPE is an initiative of the Coalition for Canadian Police Excellence (https://c-cpr.com). We are approachable and enjoy meeting individuals who are passionate about policing and dedicated to advancing police professionalism.
National Centre for Policing Excellence
c/o C-CPE, 547 Wilkin Place NW Edmonton Alberta
