Constable Jordan Austinson graduated from the Police Academy at the Justice Institute of BC on March 8, 2024 in Vancouver, BC. He obtained his high-school diploma in 2018 from Lillooet Secondary School in Lillooet, BC. He completed 3 years of post-secondary education at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops where he studied business administration. Before he launched into his police training, he worked for 1 & ½ years at the Lillooet Veneer plant. Jordan grew up in a household of policemen. His father worked for the STPS and his grandfather was an RCMP officer. Despite their influence on him, he decided to pursue a policing career only once he came to the realization that he wanted to stay in his community and contribute to the community of Xaxli’p.
Jordan enjoys the freedom aspect of policing compared to other work he has done. He can go from filing reports to stopping by the school and from patrolling to actively recruiting other community members. When he sees that friends and community members are intrigued with his profession, he does his best to get them to commit to applying as a recruit officer. One of his best friends who had been interested in policing since Jordan became an officer is now going ahead with his own application. Another recent STPS recruit was a hockey buddy. And, yet another recruit is his school friend. His parents are STPS Staff Sergeant Dale Austinson, originally from Ontario, and Stacey Austinson from the community of Xaxli’p. You can find Jordan playing hockey and golf, fishing or dirt biking just for fun when he is not working.
