Posted 17 months ago
Auxiliary Special Municipal Constable
@ Victoria Police Department
Victoria, British Columbia
Overview
Victoria Police Department is hiring on-call Auxiliary Special Municipal Constables to backfill Jail Guard and Community Safety Officer vacancies. The work covers custody care in the jail, front desk service, and operational support, with uniformed shifts of up to 12 hours. Schedules are as needed with no regular hours, and shifts are scheduled in advance where possible.
Responsibilities:
- Care for persons in custody and their property
- Monitor jail, provide meals and dispense prescription medications
- Search prisoners and manage prisoner movements
- Assist public at front desk and serve subpoenas and summons
- Provide uniform presence at public and community events
Requirements summary:
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Resilient, patient and flexible
- Ability to succeed in a high stress environment
- Interest in working with mental health and addictions crises
- Ability to write detailed, accurate reports
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- Employer posting date
- 2025-06-11
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Administrative |
| Schedule | day, evening, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: minimal |
| Work setting | Store |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | First Aid |
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Victoria Police Department
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Proudly serving the City of Victoria and Township of Esquimalt - British Columbia Canada
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- 850 Caledonia Ave, Victoria, British Columbia V8T 5J8, CA
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Proudly serving the City of Victoria and Township of Esquimalt - British Columbia Canada
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Public Safety |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Organization type | Government Agency |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 7 |
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The Community Service Division’s Special Municipal Constable (SMC) program includes both Jail Guard and Community Safety Officer (CSO) positions. This position is on-call, as-needed, with no regular hours of work.
Auxiliary SMCs wear distinct police uniforms and are not equipped with firearms and work on an on-call basis to backfill jailer and CSO vacancies.
Where possible, Auxiliary SMC shifts are scheduled in advance.
Jail Guards are responsible for the care of persons in custody and their property. CSOs provide operational assistance to front line officers, assist the public at events and at VicPD’s front desk.
Jail Guard Job Description:
- Uniform position working up to 12-hour day or night shift.
- Maintain jail facility and report hazards and concerns. Monitor persons in custody and provide care and meals. Dispense prescription medications
- Effectively de-escalate, communicate and interact with persons in custody
- Search prisoners, manage prisoner movements and document actions to criminal court standard. Assist with virtual bail hearings as required
- Conduct prisoner intake, documenting health and safety concerns
- Enter information into PRIME and receive information from police systems
- Account, safekeep and return property to those entering and leaving custody
- Assist Police Officers in the jail and respond to all jail incidents including medical events. Serve as First Aid attendant for VicPD employees.
- Where reasonable and necessary, manage persons in custody in accordance with VicPD policy, the Criminal Code and the National Use of Force Framework
Community Safety Officer Job Description:
- Uniform position working up to 12-hour shifts (variable times).
- Assist the public with requests and reports at the Front Desk. Collect and enter pertinent information into PRIME. Serve subpoenas and summons
- Assist front line officers with tasks including CCTV collection, perimeter security at police incidents, and property transport and management
- Provide a uniform presence at public and community events
- Aid or provide relief in the Jail as required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Team player with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Resilient, patient and flexible individual, motivated to help others
- Self-starter with ability to succeed in a high stress work environment
- Have a genuine interest working with people experiencing mental health and addictions related crises
- Ability to gather and recall relevant details about an incident, and write detailed accurate reports and notes
Successful candidates will receive training held at VicPD which includes classroom, practical, field training shifts, and job shadowing.
Auxiliary employees are eligible to apply for full-time jailer and CSO positions when available.
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