The Royal Canadian Mounted Police offers a challenging, exciting, and rewarding career to those who want to make a difference in their communities and across Canada, according to an RCMP press release.
The RCMP say the organization is always recruiting and looking for people from all walks of life.
As part of the recruiting efforts, RCMP recruiters in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northwest Territories have partnered with the RCMP Academy, Depot Division, to send 32 high-school students to the third annual youth camp for one week in August.
The students were selected based on academic achievement and their interest in a career in policing. They will learn what it's like to be a police officer in training through activities such as drill, driver simulation training, and tours of the RCMP Academy and the RCMP Heritage Centre, the release states.
The students selected for the RCMP Youth Camp form a co-ed group that is reflective of a typical RCMP cadet troop. The RCMP say that by the end of the week-long camp, the group will develop a good understanding of the career possibilities offered by the force.
"The RCMP Youth Camp is a fantastic way for young people to learn about a career with the RCMP and to experience some aspects of cadet training first-hand," said Cst. PJ Demuriak, a member of the Alberta RCMP recruiting team, and one of the recruiters who helped create and improve the Depot Youth Camp since its inception.
"The RCMP offers more than 150 different types of careers, so regardless of a person's background, there is a career for everyone who joins our ranks."
The RCMP Youth Camp runs Aug. 12 to 16. Recruiters from across the prairies and the Northwest Territories and instructors from the RCMP Academy will join the students and will serve as mentors, teachers, and role models.
To find out more about the RCMP, please visit www.rcmpcareers.ca.
