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Welcome to Police Community

Welcome to the Police Community Forum

Welcome to the Police Community blog! Here, we strive to provide a thriving platform and useful resource for individuals looking to embark on a career in the police service. Whether you're interested in becoming a police officer, a PCSO, or a member of the police staff, you've come to the right place.  Our community is filled with interesting discussions on recruitment and promotion opportunities, as well as invaluable advice on various specialisms within
Chief Rat

A cold evening in February [Ride Along]

My first of two ride-alongs I took part in during the application process for Thames Valley Police for the role of Police Officer. A cold Friday evening in February 15:00 - 24:00 13:30 - Arrived at station, supposed to be collected at 13:40 for safety briefing. 15:00 - Actual start time, accompanying officer had a shift change and I was forgotten about. Oops!  15:30 - Signed the indemnity document, policies and a quick overview of the night's plan of action. Tonight would be
Ironic

A Little Bit Of Traffic

Your rank: PC Your planned duty hours: 1300-2200 This is just a duty report from a shift recently where I managed to get a little bit of traffic in, nothing special but just fancied writing it up.  1300 - Was working on my SOLAP as I am still a probationer however a grade one call comes in of a female self harming with a knife. All early shift crews are tied up so me and another officer jump in together and respond to it. A local officer was nearby and arrived before us as he had knowl
DB11
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Management Team - Welcome Cheetah

Management Team - Welcome Cheetah

It is with great pleasure that @Chief Rat and I would like to welcome @Cheetah to the Management Team here at Police Community. @Cheetah has a proven track record with the forum and has been a valuable member of the wider Police Community Team for some considerable time. Cheetah's work ethic and commitment to keeping the forum running and available for all the members is something that I am very grateful for and as Cheetah now takes up his new position on the Management Team I am sure that you w
Chief Bakes

One Year On - Lessons Learned

On the 29th of March 2016, it will be one year to the day since I started training to become a Special Constable.  I was on a training course recently and my colleagues, who are far longer in service than me, were asking me if the job was what I expected it to be.  I replied that it was, but it got me thinking about the changes I've seen in the last year and the lessons I've learned.  I thought this might be handy advice for those of you looking to join, or a throwback for those of you "old swea
ScotLass

A More Typical Duty

This is a more typical duty that I have done recently   Your rank: PC Your planned duty hours: 0700-1700 0700 - Briefing. Double crewed, only double crew to cover the area. 0800 - Call received from a lady stating that she had been made aware of a lifeline activation at her elderly mother's address. Upon her arrival all of the doors are locked and her spare key is useless because there is a key in the other side of the door. Mum has had a history of falls in the last 12 month
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New Forum Sponsor - Rewards For Police

I would like to introduce to you all our brand new Forum Sponsor - Rewards For Police  You will start to see their banners appearing within topics across the forum and we hop that the deals they bring will be attractive to you our membership.   Membership Benefits The UK's largest discount website featuring 1,000's of discounts. Exclusive Cinema Rewards
Chief Bakes

Saturday Shenanigans

Rank  - SC Experience – 14 Months Duty – Saturday 1900-0400   I hadn’t done a Saturday night for a few weeks so I joined the same shift I’d been with in the week for a couple of duties.  I include it in the blog because of one particular incident which show what factors affect the decision making process.   All timings approximate.   1900 – Get in and catch up with the shift.  We are fairly flush for officers and they are catching up on pap
MajorDisaster

Special. Are you? Could you?

I wrote this back in November and this was originally published on https://cccupolicingandcj.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/a-bsc-in-service-policing-service-discusses-what-it-is-like-to-be-a-special/ Reading back there are definitely a few bits I would've redrafted! However all criticism welcome     Special. Are you? Could you? Easter will bring the fourth anniversary of when I walked through the hallowed gates of Hendon Police Training College to begin training as a Special Constable
Posh
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Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Now you see me... When I'm waiting for my coffee at the petrol station at the start of a shift. Now you don't see... That I've already worked an 8-hour day, and this is just the start of another. Now you see me... When I'm stopping you in the street asking you questions, making you late, checking your details. Now you don't see... That I'm looking for someone who just broke into a garage or a home, and took treasured possessions to sell for drugs. Now you see me... When I sto
ScotLass

Sponsor Any Of Our Forum Areas - Just £10 per year

We are now allowing each of our forum areas to be sponsored by your company at a cost of just £10 per year.  All you need to do is place an order direct on our website by clicking HERE. We will place your logo under the forum and the logo will link to your website. You do not have to have an association to the specific forum area and any company can sponsor any area.  The monies raised through this as per any othe
Chief Bakes

Sitting waiting

I've never written a blog and so I apologise in advance ... Thought it was about time I started blogging as I'm quite often told, I've always got something to say. 02/02/2016 - Here we go I may as well start the blog and share where i'm at at the moment. My "special" journey began 15/18 months ago I suppose, I had heard word on the street that there was going to be a recruitment for regular officers as well as special constables coming up in my area and having been patiently waiting fo
doc4eva

Two New Awards

With the introduction of our awards system here at Police Community we intend to introduce a series of awards that are automated and granted based upon your activity across the forum. With this in mind we have started our first two automated awards which are for a contribution to the blog section or a contribution to our downloads section.  Some people will have already made contributions to these areas and for that we are grateful however in order to qualify for
Chief Bakes

Badges and Awards

We are very pleased to announce that the Awards and Badges have now returned to the forum. Some of you will see that you already have some awards or achievements in your forum posts.  Those who already have them will have got them as a result of the transfer over from the old site all that time ago, however, a lot of you won't have them. If you do have them or when you do get them they will display either on the left under your name or at
Chief Cheetah

Single Crewed Night Shift

I've been operational as a full time PC for about five months, after having four months of training, and two years as a SC prior to joining up. I still love every day, I still look forward to going in and pulling on my stab vest, and it feels exactly like it did as a SC, except that I get a wage each month and I get a lot more point to point radio calls (either social or supervisory lol). Some people will say there's a lot more paperwork, there's a lot more to it etc. but I exposed myself to a l
DB11
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A busy night

Rank SC Service 12 months (to the day - today is the anniversary of Attestation) Shift: 2100-0700 Saturday Night Duty: Response 2045:  Arrive and see who is about.  It is a 'Super Saturday' where accumulated hours owed are called in.  They happen every 5 weeks and mean extra bodies.  The problem is two cars are tied up on a warrant so with 2 Specials swelling the ranks further we head out Six-Up in the van (crazy numbers for our town). 2120:  Arrive at an address to carr
MajorDisaster

First ever day out

Hello! So for those who don't know, I'm a student officer with West Midlands. The people up high had decided that it was about time for our first taste of real policing so they booked us an attachment day with real officers doing real things. For my own entertainment as much as yours, I thought I'd make a little post about my first experiences. Date: 19/11/2015 TOD: 0830-1630 Attachment to Neighbourhood Team I arrive at the big city station and immediately find there are about 10 p
Bluebird

A windy one!

Rank: SC Experience; 11 Months Duty: 2100-0700 Saturday Night All timing from PNB. 2040: Arrive and say hello to the Sarge and the one officer in the report room.  I'd done a shift earlier in the week with this Code and I'd told them I'd be in.  There is still an issue with vehicles.  One car's coolant leak has come back and the small cage van hasn't been returned from repair as expected, so the Sarge is working out who will go where. 2050: Custody call down for an offic
MajorDisaster

All kitted up and ready to go..

So I arrived at the station for my first ever shift as a fully attested special constable. Although my rank still stands as "trainee" special constable, it still feels good to finally be allowed out on the streets.  So it was a Sunday afternoon at 14.45. I made my way to the second floor of Maidstone police station and knocked on the LDPT (local district police team) sergeants office. I informed the SGT who I was and he told me to go wait in the office in the next room. 10 minutes went by,
danswans

VIP Live Support

In line with our ambition to continually improve and develop the services we here at Police Community offer to our members we realised that we need to improve the 'Priority Support' we offer to our VIP members and with this in mind we have been working hard to develop and integrate a solution that will do just that. For those of you that know the team and have been members for a fair bit of time, you will notice how committed the team are and that they are always
Chief Bakes

Our 1st Birthday

Good Evening This time last year I opened the doors of Police Community for the very first time and welcomed each and every one of today's membership to join in our new forum. Since embarking on the journey to create the forum I have been overwhelmed by the level of support and engagement our members have had.  In that 12 month period we have been supported by our sponsors @Gladstoneboots LTD and @Police-Supplies who had the foresight to s
Chief Bakes

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