As I received a PM inquiring about this, to the best of my knowledge, this is the current standard:
Meets Academic Prerequisites:
Must attend MPAC, pass Reg QL3 course to be eligible for credentials
Does not meet Academic Prerequisites:
IF the member is Res QL5 qualified AND member has recent Op deployment - they must attend MPAC and pass Reg QL3 course to be eligible for credentials
IF the member is Res QL5 qualified BUT member does not have recent deployment - they must attend MPAC, pass the Reg QL3 AND meet the full academic requirements prior to being eligible for credentials
IF the member is Res QL3 qualified AND has recent Op deployment AND has a min of two eligible credit courses - they must attend MPAC, pass Reg QL3 AND complete the academic requirements prior to being eligible for credentials.
IF the member is Res QL3 or QL5 and does not have an Op deployment, they must meet the academic prerequisites in order to attend MPAC, Reg Force QL3 etc.
Additionally, Reservists must meet the min CFAT score for Reg F MP (40th percentile of total score of NCM norms). These CFAT scores are used to predict performance on the QL3 crse.
Now, obviously this is not a shortcut or a backdoor in, except for those who are already in the system who meet the QL5 and Op deployment criteria. The document I saw did not answer many questions, such as how a Res MP who is eligible for their credentials will complete the PEP program, how long after a Reg QL3 someone without the academic requirements will be allowed to take to meet the academic requirements, what happens if a Res QL3 takes the Reg QL3 and then gets the Res QL5 prior to finishing the academic requirements or how often a Res MP must be employed on Police Ops to retain their status without doing the (hopefully) soon to be released re-certification package etc.
I HOPE this works and I HOPE that many of the eligible Res MP out there who meet the criteria take advantage of it because it will give us a pool of credentialed Res MP who will not only be available for deployed Ops but also for domestic back-fill tasks as well.
