The Victoria Police Department is seeking Constable applications for the Crime Reduction Unit (CRU). CRU is designed to support the City of Victoria's Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan and assist the Patrol Division in efforts by proactively addressing street-level crime and disorder issues. The units mandate focuses on identifying, disrupting, and reducing low to mid-level property crime, drug trafficking, and chronic offender activity that negatively impacts community safety. Through intelligence-led policing, targeted enforcement, and collaborative partnerships, CRU members will work to reduce crime, support Patrol operations, and improve public confidence throughout the City of Victoria.
Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan
https://www.victoria.ca/media/file/community-safety-and-wellbeing-plan-0
Job Description:
- Primarily, a plain clothes assignment focused on proactive enforcement, intelligence-led policing, and offender management initiatives.
- The deployment will be in a covert and/or overt capacity depending on evolving target or project goals.
- Operational staffing and deployment schedules, including a rotating 11.43 hour dayshift/afternoon pattern that encompass weekday and weekend deployments (same as GIS schedule):
Mon-Thu 0700-1825 (4 days)
5 days off
Wed-Sun 1035-2200 (5 days)
4 days off
Fri-Tue 0700-1825 (5 days)
5 days off
Repeat (starting with afternoons)
- Hours of work will vary in order to respond to crime trends. (Schedule changes will be made with reasonable notice when possible)
- Support Patrol Division by addressing street-level crime trends, chronic offender activity, and emerging community safety issues
- Conduct proactive enforcement initiatives targeting low to mid-level drug trafficking, property crime, and prolific offenders.
- Utilize intelligence-led policing strategies to identify, monitor, and disrupt criminal activity
- Conduct surveillance, targeted enforcement operations, and offender-focused investigations
- Work collaboratively with Patrol, Investigative Services, Community Services Division, and external law enforcement partners
- Develop and maintain relationships with community partners, businesses, and service providers to support crime reduction objectives
- Support crime prevention initiatives and community safety strategies through education, enforcement, and partnership-based approaches
Preferred Qualifications:
- Must be a motivated self-starter and demonstrate strong teamwork skills
- Demonstrated ability to conduct proactive policing, surveillance, and enforcement activities
- Experience investigating property crime, drug offences, and prolific offender activity
- Demonstrated ability to gather, assess, and utilize intelligence information including confidential source handling
- Well-developed communication, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, and de-escalation skills
- Ability to build productive relationships with community partners, businesses, and other police units
- Working knowledge of the Criminal Code of Canada, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and applicable Provincial Statutes
- Experience preparing judicial authorizations, disclosure packages, and comprehensive investigative reports is considered an asset
This posting is to fill three (3) vacancies in October and four (4) vacancies in December 2026.
How to Apply
Please upload the following documents:
1. One page cover letter
2. "Application for Position or Supplemental Duty" form signed by by current supervisor and manager
Link here: Application for Position or Supplemental Duty
3. Up to two (2) pages of supporting materials which demonstrate your suitability for the position, including how you meet the basic and/or preferred qualifications.
4. Interviews to take place September 23 and 24, 2026
- Applicants can anticipate a thirty (30) minute interview consisting of three (3) to four (4) behavioral/situational questions
Special Notes:
The Sergeant of CRU will be selected and announced prior to the Constable Job Application closing date
Applications must be submitted before Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 0900 hours
Skills Required
- Motivated self-starter with strong teamwork skills
- Demonstrated ability to conduct proactive policing, surveillance, and enforcement activities
- Experience investigating property crime, drug offences, and prolific offender activity
- Ability to gather, assess, and use intelligence information, including confidential source handling
- Strong communication, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, and de-escalation skills
- Ability to build productive relationships with community partners, businesses, and police units
- Working knowledge of the Criminal Code of Canada, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and applicable provincial statutes
- Experience preparing judicial authorizations, disclosure packages, and comprehensive investigative reports
What We Do
The Victoria Police Department, established in 1858, is the oldest police force west of the Great Lakes. It serves the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt in British Columbia. The department's mission is to deliver excellence in public safety through engagement, prevention, and innovative policing, working toward its strategic vision of 'A Safer Community Together' with professionalism, compassion, and integrity.
