Experienced Officer Transition to VicPD - Detective Joel Durling Artwork

True Blue Podcast

Go behind the scenes with members from the Victoria City Police Union (VCPU). A long format podcast giving you an in depth glimpse into lives of police officers working in Esquimalt and Victoria. You won't find content like this anywhere else and you will hear regular interviews from a diverse group of VCPU members telling their stories.

All Episodes

True Blue Podcast

Experienced Officer Transition to VicPD - Detective Joel Durling

April 15, 2026 • Matt Waterman/Joel Durling • Season 6 • Episode 4

0:00 | 36:00

Joel Durling is a 10 year veteran of the RCMP and recently moved to VicPD to continue his policing career. It was Joel's idea to have experienced officers come on the podcast and share some of the details of their move over to VicPD. He will be hosting future episodes and chatting with more experienced officers to hear their stories.

Joel is originally from Nova Scotia, he was a Registered Nurse (RN) prior to joining the RCMP. His career in the RCMP includes small town work, big town faster pace experience and Provincial Traffic enforcement.

Joel credits seeing a promotional video created by the VicPD Recruiting Unit where members showed off being out on the ocean and enjoying life as a draw to join VicPD. He speaks highly of the Wellness Unit and VicPD's efforts to support every member's mental health.

Sound editing done by Todd Mason.

More about the Victoria City Police Union (VCPU):

- Tweet us at https://twitter.com/VicPD_Union

- Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/vicpd_union/

- Find us on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/truebluevictoria/

- Visit our website for information at https://truebluevic.ca/

- Email us at media@vcpu.ca for any media inquiries or requests to be on the True Blue Podcast