Well this is something new that I can't say I've heard about before. It looks like the Vancouver police department are holding recruitment drives within the Second Life world. Based on what they are saying, it isn't recruitment for crimes offline, but rather online in worlds such as Second Life. Hey, as long as I get to take shooting training in Couterstrike I'll have no problem.

From the article:

A virtual police academy?

Perhaps.

With corporations and politicians increasingly turning to the popular MMO Second Life in order to reach their target audience, law enforcement is taking an interest as well.

The Vancouver Sun reports that the city’s police department will run a recruitment center in SL, staffed by officers in custom VPD uniforms, complete with badge, belt and radio. Recruiters are looking for web and tech-savvy individuals, and reasoned that online communities were a likely place to start. Insp. Kevin McQuiggin, head of the department’s tech crimes division, explains:

Any new media that comes out, any new form of communication, crime is going to migrate there… As we move into the future, we’re going to need people who understand technology - that are conversant with it, that understand the impact of it and understand how to use it.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com