My DEPOT Experience
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this weeks video, I'm coming at you ON LOCATION from Depot. I'm here for a week of training, and where better to record a video about Depot... FROM Depot?!
The world of Depot has with it, tons of unknowns... the last thing I'd ever want to do is take anything away from YOUR experience (if you're planning on being here).
All that being said, here's me telling a little about my own experience and a few things on what to expect.
Hey friends, I'm barely scratching the surface with this, but I hope it sheds a little light onto certain aspects of Depot.
For new cadets......your first post will always be a fond post and you will enjoy it. Make the most of your new career and remember.......have fun and be the positive member .
100% This is a great adventure... so glad to be on it.
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Stumbled across your channel through IG and I must say I love it... the thing I most appreciate is that you keep it very real; you don’t just say the good and cool stuff. I nevertheless must say that since watching your videos, I’ve never been more sure that I want to become a Mountie. Thanks
That's awesome. Thanks for the encouragement and note. Good luck with it all... it's a ride!
Hey Steve, just wanted to let you know that these videos are very much appreciated. Your positivity is refreshing and I look forward to watching the rest of your videos, only wish that I could like this video more than once. Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much! I appreciate the encouragement. So glad you're getting something out of the content 👊
I appreciate your personal experiences and insights about DEPOT.
Thanks so much. Glad to share it:)
I'm ready to be a sponge!! Thanks so much for those precious advices :)
when is the next troop of cadets, scheduled for? thanks!
Thanks steve, i will be prepared to depot after That !
Thanks so much brother, just applied today. Wish me luck and stay safe out there! 🇨🇦💪🏻
Also good luck to anyone that has applied/are in the process . Be safe! 🌹
Hey Ryan,
Great news! Good luck to you with it all:)
@@RealCopsReelLife Thank you sir, good luck to all! And again stay safe out there to you and your wife. Have a wonderful evening! 🇨🇦🌹
Great video! I think every applicant should watch this!
Thank you. Maybe one day I'll be part of the "Official Media Team" haha
Best advice I’ve ever received “do not put hot sauce in your coffee... because that’s disgusting”
lol good video, keep it up hope you had fun at depot the past week👌🏽
Bahaha funny cause its true
Your videos are “second to none!”
Thanks so much!!! Always learning and growing!
I just got my depot date and in all honesty this channel is helping me learn so much. I really appreciate it
SUPER exciting. Well done. It's a blast... I REALLY enjoyed it. Keep me in the loop with it all :)
@@RealCopsReelLife will do! thank you again for all the useful info!!
Also thanks for the video.
Inspiring man truly
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Im really impatient to go to depot but I'm also scared about what is ahead, but you give me courge to move on forward, love your videos
Thanks so much!!! The FEAR of Depot, is greater than the reality of Depot! One day at a time is key! Thanks for watching.
Did you go and graduate yet? See this post is over a year old
Thanks for your videos! I'm leaving for depot next week and couldn't be more happy to watch these to sort of calm my nerves as I get closer to my start date.
Did you find the environment at depot similar to a military boot camp or was it more of an adult learning environment?
Also, might be an odd question but do they take all the cadets in the troop to get a buzz cut or do you have some freedom of choice?
Oh that's exciting! Glad you're watching... hopefully, itll give a little "realism connecting" with you.
The environment is a mix of booth. It's not as "military" as it once way, but theres still a lot of paramilitary elements to it.
The hair... it's your call:) just will have to be kept neat and tidy.
Enjoy it my friend... theres nothing like it.
Steve since this video was from 2015 I think, can you now have a beard in depot? And maybe longer hair, love you vids
Really good video👍
Thanks so much :)
By reading some of the comments and watching your vid I can safely assume that the experience at Depot would be a mirror image of BMQ (Basic Military Qualification) training with the CAF. I am at the polygraph stage with the RCMP and currently looking to get a troop number assigned soon :) . I finished my BMQ and can tell you this sounds almost identical !!
It seems so:) Good luck with it all my friend. Its a good gig. Keep us in the loop with a troop number. I LOVE hearing those stories 👊
Lol, the first thing I heard my friend say who was in the armed forces for 12 years was, the Military did not prepare me fucking at all for Depot.
@@stelladavis7832 Is it harder than BMQ or what?
Hey Steve, in the early stages of the RCMP process, and I wondered if you have any advice for someone attending depot with wife and kids back home. Love the vids! Thanks
Hey Joe,
Thanks for hanging out.
That's a VERY tough thing my friend. There's no easy answer. A saying that is HUGE comes to mind "Short term pain... long term gain"
Also, stay as connected as possible while at Depot. It's often more difficult for the spouse staying at home. The cadet is very busy, and ultimately, has less time to dwell on things. So, do your best to keep communication WAY open and fill them in, even on seemingly small things.
Did you end up going to Depot Joe? I'm hoping to go as well, with a wife and young kids at home.
Hey Steve, is that real while experiencing everything, we have to experience that peppermint spray too?? I had watched a video with it for cadet training!
Not any longer. It was changed to an “exposure” event. Now, I’ve heard it’s gone altogether… but that may change again back to exposure
Just curious where your first post is and I was also curious if you are allowed to travel home on weekends to see family?
Hwy Quinn. My first post was Central Saskatchewan. Travel home on weekends? If you mean while in Depot, yes you can. Just have to make sure you stay on top of all the extra "chores" with your troop
@@RealCopsReelLife can you still do that with COVID protocol at depot?
@@mariangayed2414 I’m asking myself the same question. Hope xmas we can travel
I'm currently completing the progress to get myself into Depot, I have a question for you, let's just say someone is struggling in Depot, if it's the learning the march, or if it's understanding the classes, will the teachers help you grow and help you achieve what you're having trouble with?
Well done my friend on making your way into Depot - Solid choice.
To answer your question, YES!!! There is a fantastic facilitation team who will work with each cadet. Everything is done to help you be successful:) Good luck with it all
No, honestly, they won't. It's adult education, meaning you are pretty much on your own. You have to use your troop TO BETTER YOURSELF. If your troop sucks and don't like helping then you are screwed. Marching/ drill is horrible and when you mess up they punish you by punishing the whole troop. This in turn easily makes the struggling ones struggle more. It's a depressing place if you struggle with leaning or are in bad shape.
@@killerbing11 it sure CAN be a tough place... I don't think it was ever meant to be easy :)
Is there swimming training? Do you need to be a good swimmer?
No. Depending on the facilitating staff for each troop, you may have pool time, but not a necessity to know how to swim. The pool does offer an alternative cardio sessions though :)
I'm a French Canadian and I would really want to go to Depot but I'm afraid my english is not good enough...
Salut! Don't be afraid... there were four French Canadians in my english troop that did AMAZING! Also, there are French troops that go through Depot also :) Bonne Chance!
@@RealCopsReelLife Big thank you for your answer 😊 Love watching your videos, it helps me a lot 💛
Do the first exam in the process is hard? Ive been praticing police exam since 1 month now
It's not an easy exam... lots of practice tests online. Use them to your advantage
@@RealCopsReelLife thx
is shaving is still mandatory in RCM or Depot
Yes it is. Facial hair is allowed, but must be well groomed and fall within policy guidelines
You can have facial hair but must provide a medical paper showing that shaving is bad for your skin, or if it's your religion.
@@killerbing11 Policy has changed as of May 2019. Facial hair, ball caps, pony tails, are among some of those changes. There are guidelines with this (no long beards, approved "police" caps, etc) Exception is now , as we are often required to wear masks... so shaved it is
Leaving next month.
For Depot?
I’d like to ask you a professionnal question in private. Is there a way to do it?
Find me on IG and send a message ;) @realcopsreellife
do we have all own bedroom ? or it's dorm ?
Each has a room now. A few years ago... dorm. Thank goodness, rooms now more like a hotel or college dorm style
@@RealCopsReelLife do you have your own shower in your room?
Depot doesn't have to be hard, per say, could be eye opening and benificial, not fun, and it's not meant to be fun. You are learning fighting and survival and lawyer skills so you can keep the public and yourself and the RCMP name safe. However, this is what you learn quickly week one: There's a right way to do things, a wrong way to do things and the RCMP way to do things.
Yep, that says a lot. So even though you are doing things right they will crack you hard because fuck what the book says, we want you to do it the RCMP way. The place is confusing, the punishments are over the top, the stress load can't be managed and that's done on purpose. They want to see how you handle failure and not just failure but failure and shame. It's very culty there. Good example: One guy forgot his shooting cap for class and instead of maybe making him clean up a ittle more at the end or having to make sure the chairs are pushed in at the end of class this poor guy was made to wear a pink cowboy hat until someone else messed up.
Another example is the driving. They will beat you down and shit on you one week, then the next they are talking to you about life. And then beat you down again just to see how you handle it. It's all bi polar with the facilitators. It's a mind fuck.
They are very much into zeroing in on those struggaling and then getting the troop to hate then, very full metal jacket.
If you want to be a cop then just know the training at depot is more cult like and focused on the glory of the rcmp and not causing problems for the organization. You will come away with feeling really underprepared and that's because you are.
Thanks for chiming in. A lot of good points. Curious, when did you go through? I know a LOT has changed, even within the last seven years since I went through.
I enjoyed my experience at Depot. I’m now retired. ,
Thanks for your service :)
Do you get your own shower at depot ?
No, they’re shared!
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