So I got it... I got the life altering phone call two days ago! The RCMP phoned and told me I passed my polygraph and am moving on to the background check (the last step in the application process). Now you might be thinking... Wendy common' of course you passed your polygraph... you have nothing to lie about. But it's more extreme than that. They went through all the information that was revealed on the polygraph, reviewed my whole application thus far and then made a decision for me to move on.
This is a big deal because of the length of the application process:
1. Attend the information session
2. Write the 3.5 hour written exam
3. Run the physical (which I trained for months for)
4. Submit a package of paper work that never seems to end. This includes references, job experiences, and everything else under the sun!
5. Go to the selection interview (a 2.5 interview with a man asking you questions out of the blue, expecting you to come up with intelligent answers!)
6. Complete the polygraph (the worst five hours of my life)

In Manitoba the Interview is hard to pass, however, if you are lucky enough... the polygraph stops most of the rest!!! Because of that the background check will be a piece of cake. I have good references and honestly any skeletons hidden in the closet would have come out through the polygraph!!! So YEA!!!

I guess I will keep you all posted!!! I plan to blog while I'm at police college so you can always check up on my blog about DEPOT!!