In Québec there are 12 college-level institutions that offer the policing technology program:

• Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy (Québec City)
• Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Rouyn-Noranda)  
• Cégep de Rimouski (Rimouski)
• Cégep de Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières)
• Cégep John Abbott (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue)
• Collège Ahuntsic (Montréal)
• Collège d'Alma (Alma)
• Collège de l'Outaouais (Gatineau)
• Collège de Maisonneuve (Montréal)
• Collège de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke)
• Collège Ellis (Drummondville)
• Collège François-Xavier-Garneau (Québec City)

Students are admitted to these programs based on the admissions requirements of each institution and they study police theory for 3 years, with the opportunity to do internships. Check out the open house at your local cégep to find out more about policing.

Course titles may vary, but here are a few subjects that policing techniques programs cover:

Police Organizations / Functions & Ethics

Penal Matters

Interaction with communities

Establishing the Commission of a Crime

Québec / Municipal Laws

Youth Intervention

Preventive Driving

Self-Defence

Investigation

Control of Violent Individuals

Then the candidates who successfully complete the three-year program go on to do 15 weeks at the École nationale de Police du Québec. This key step in police training places the students in realistic work situations: they interact with people in crisis, write and submit tickets, evaluate crash scenes, arrest suspects, protect crime scenes and so on.