This regulation sets qualifications for police officers and special constables, and requires recruitment policies and background checks.
Police and Special Constables Qualifications Regulation, M.R. 146/93 The Police Services Act , C.C.S.M. c. P94.5 Regulation 146/93 Registered August 3, 1993 bilingual version (HTML) Table of Contents Section 1 Definitions 2 Repealed 3 Qualifications for police officers 4 Recruitment policy 5 Fingerprinting and check for criminal record 6 Qualifications for special constables Definitions 1 In this regulation, "Act" means The Provincial Police Act ; («  Loi  ») "chief of police" includes a chief constable, an acting chief of police and an acting chief constable; (« chef de police ») "permanent resident" means a permanent resident as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada). (« résident permanent ») "police service" means (a) a police service or police department established under a statute of the province, and (b) the Dakota Ojibway Police Service. (« service de police ») M.R. 60/2006 2 [Repealed] M.R. 60/2006 Qualifications for police officers 3 No person may be employed to perform police duties with a police service unless the person (a) is 18 years of age or over; (b) is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident; (c) has obtained a high school diploma or has completed academic training that the police chief considers to be equivalent to that required to obtain a high school diploma; (d) provides a current criminal record check from a law enforcement agency that confirms that the person has no criminal record; and (e) has successfully completed a training course for police officers administered by any of the following, or any combination of the following: (i) the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, (ii) the Brandon Police Service, (iii) the Winnipeg Police Service, (iv) another entity that the minister is satisfied provides satisfactory police training. M.R. 60/2006 Recruitment policy 4(1) Any entity that intends to employ persons for the performance of police duties shall develop and publish a recruitment policy for applicants that sets out at least the following: (a) the steps in the recruitment process that an applicant must successfully complete; (b) any appeal procedure available to an unsuccessful applicant at each stage of the recruitment process; and (c) any affirmative action program or equivalent program that applies to the recruitment process. M.R. 60/2006 Recruitment policy to be available for inspection 4(2) The recruitment policy referred to in subsection (1) shall be available for public inspection during regular business hours. M.R. 60/2006 Fingerprinting and check for criminal record 5 Every chief of police shall ensure that an investigation of the background and character of each applicant is completed, and for that purpose the chief of police may (a) request a local indices check in respect of the applicant; (b) require the applicant to be finger printed; and (c) submit the finger prints of the applicant to the Canadian Police Information Centre to determine whether the applicant has a criminal record. Qualifications for special constables 6 A person must not be appointed as a special constable under the Act unless (a) the person being appointed (i) is 18 years of age or over, and (ii) provides a current criminal record check from a law enforcement agency that confirms that he or she has no criminal record; and (b) the person making the appointment is satisfied that the person being appointed has successfully completed training that will properly prepare the appointee for the specific duties he or she may be required to perform as a special constable. M.R. 60/2006