Halton Regional Police Service Auxiliary Officer recruits attend mandatory classes one evening a week for four (4) months during their training period, generally from February to June. Some training also occurs on weekends. 

HRPS Auxiliary Officers are trained to perform assigned duties:

• General patrol and related activities
• Powers of arrest
• Use of communications equipment
• Notetaking
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Provinical Offences Act 
• Highway Traffic Act
• Search and seizure
• Use of force
• Critical incident stress and management
• Health and fitness
• First Aid and CPR
• Crowd control
• Dress and decorum
• Preservation of scenes of crime
• Drill training