Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk

Aside from the fact that you need to be intelligent, able bodied, able to put a sentence together in the Queen’s recognizable English and write a report in legible handwriting, there are other characteristics your examiners will be looking for when they interview you and evaluate your test results.
One of those traits would be trustworthiness. [...]

Defining a Good Cop

This is the first article in a new Police Ready series called “Defining a Good Cop”. We will be exploring some of the positive traits that you should develop to get a good start in your policing career as well as exploring some of the negative traits that you should avoid at all costs.
What are [...]

Defining a Good Cop Series

Police Ready has started a new blog series called “Defining a Good Cop“. The purpose of this series is to take an in-depth look at many different traits and identify whether these traits are positive or negative with regards to becoming a good police officer.
How do you even define a “good trait” for a police [...]

Police Ready Training System Gets a Bold New Look

If you have tried our Police Ready training system before, then you will notice that something looks different once you log in again. Our Police Ready training system has been updated with a slightly new look and feel. The new user interface is now much sleeker which increases visual simplicity. It also helps to concentrate [...]

So You Think You Can Police?

Are you really ready to be a certified police officer? Good question, isn’t it? And what’s the answer? While you may say yes, do you really know what is involved in becoming an Ontario police officer? If you happen to be in one of the foundation courses prior to taking the police entrance exam, then [...]

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

You’ve all heard this saying before, that until you walk a mile in another person’s shoes, you don’t know what they are going through. Well let’s take the old adage and see what you would do if you were the police officer in the following situation. Figure out what you would do with the [...]

Move Over Goofy

It is very important how you handle your verbal answers on the B-PAD exam. You will be speaking out loud and your responses recorded with a camera and they are merciless in showing everything you say and do on tape. Think about that for a minute.

The cameras see and hear everything during your response [...]

Poetic Justice

I have recently read several poems written by a few retired police officers. To be honest, I was quite surprised at the level of realism and meaning being reflected in the poems. After reading several more police-related poems, I finally realized how these poems can be so beautifully written.
Law enforcement officers and police officers are [...]

Policing is More Than Just a Career

You may already know this, but policing is more than just a career, it is a distinct lifestyle and the people who choose it are dedicated and work hard at protecting others. Does this sound like something you want to do for the rest of your life? Do you know the reasons why you want [...]

Good Cops Don’t Grow On Trees

It’s true, good cops don’t grow on trees. They don’t just spring into action, ready to go out and do a tough policing job overnight. No, they sweat blood and shed tears to become a cop, and the road to that goal is littered with many hard days’ nights. It’s a tough, hard job that [...]

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