Experienced Officers

In the collective agreement an Experienced Officer shall mean a former member of a Canadian Police Service, including First Nations Police Services and Military Police, and is not subject to the same degree of training or orientation to policing duties as a Police Cadet.

To determine the starting rate of pay, all previous police experience shall be evaluated. Such member shall be granted one classification step for each completed year of active service to a maximum of First Class Constable.

Effective July 1, 2022

• 1st Class Constable - $105,924
• 2nd Class Constable - $95,331
• 3rd Class Constable - $84,739
• 4th Class Constable - $63,554
• Police Cadet - $58,258

Direct entry Experienced Officers will join the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service at the same class they are at with their current employer.

For any new members, the calculation of service shall mean service with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, not your current employer.

An Experienced Officer is entitled to the same vacation entitlement they earned with their previous employer.

For example: An Experienced Officer transfers to the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service with 10 years experience with another service, and has four (4) weeks of vacation entitlement. The member will receive four (4) weeks vacation entitlement upon being hired with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. Two weeks will be given as part of the current contract, and an addition two weeks for being an Experienced Officer.

Seniority in the rank of Constable shall be defined as length of service from the date sworn in with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service.

The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service’s Pension plan is with OMERS. As an OMERS member, you may be able to transfer pension credits in to the OMERS plan from another Canadian registered pension plan. If you have been a member of another registered pension plan in the past, contact OMERS Client Services directly at 1-800-387-0813. You may be able to transfer some or all of this service into OMERS. Visit OMERS online for more information.

Effective Date will be eligible for extended health, out of province, other than dental, on the first day of the month coinciding with or next following completion of the wait period stipulated by the employer.

For Dental Benefits, an employee will be eligible for coverage the first date of the month coinciding with or next following completion of 3 months of continuous employment.

Experience 10 years as SSMPS member

After completing three (3) months of continuous service, members are eligible for up to six (6) paid, non-accumulating days per year to provide illness or disability.

Each year members shall be credited with up to six (6) regularly scheduled shifts per year non-cumulative of Casual Days on the first day of the month of their anniversary date with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service.

In order to exempt from attending Basic Constable Training (BCT), the Director of OPC has to be satisfied the police officer from the other province has the qualifications or skills that are substantially equivalent to those that would be obtained in the BCT Program.

This is done by requiring those officers from other provinces to write an exemption examination to ensure their qualifications and skills are equivalent.

Currently if the candidate completes RCMP training and qualifies under section 44(4) of the Police Services Act, the hiring service is only required to submit the supporting documentation and the candidate is not required to write the exemption exam. You can still choose to have them write the exam if you wish.

Ontario currently recognizes the following institutions as providing recruit training that is deemed to be equivalent to BCT.

• RCMP
• BC Justice Institute
• Edmonton Police Service
• Calgary Police Service
• Saskatchewan Police Service
• Winnipeg Police Service
• Brandon Police Service
• École National de Police du Québec
• Atlantic Police Academy
• Military Police

Uniform Patrol members work 12 hour shifts. Two (2) day shifts and two (2) night shifts. Detectives in Investigation Services work eight (8) hour shifts, rotating days and afternoons.

Any member who has completed two (2) complete years of service as a 1st Class Constable, by the examination date set by the OPC for the provincial exams, may apply to sit for the exams for the rank of Sergeant.