So I'm finishing my probation. Rookie/Sprog/Probie/Student Officer, whatever you call it - I am no longer.
I first joined the police family 7 years ago (I hate that term but it's the easiest way to deflect criticisms of 'You haven't got 7 years in').
I was 18 and far from an angel. I had some brushes with the police but never for anything serious and I obviously had no criminal record.
It was 2008 and I was wrangling with my decision 2 years prior to discharge from the army during basic train
