Specials

Hello everybody, I had a telephone call today from HR and was told that I had passed the vetting process and I have been given my training dates. I started my application last March and can't believe that I'm actually going to be undergoing the training....finally!! as you can imagine, I'm well chuffed. I kept thinking for some bizarre reason that I was going to fail the vetting, even though there isn't any reason why I should, as I don't even have points on my drivers licence! I was also wondering whether anyone can advise me whether I should be doing some background reading before my training begins in two weeks time.

I have been thinking. Is it better to never get a credit card so you have a clear history and never owned money or been late on a payment for example.. OR is it better to get one for the purpose of buying a few things and paying it back promptly to show you can control your finances, then shredding the card. thanks for reading.

This may be a difficult question to answer. I have my Day 2 very soon as I have passed my Day 1. Is the hard part over? i'm young, jog every day and don't do drugs or take medication. My only concern is the vetting. I have rather poor credit and would and have been turned down for credit. I have one student credit card maxed out and I live in my overdraft. How strict is the vetting process? No IVAs or Bankrupt etc. Again it may be difficult to answer but i'm just so worried regarding this. Thanks in advance

Hello All, Passed my day 1 and now about to do day 2. The only issue is in the letter it asks for me to bring my birth certificate along to day 2. I have looked high and low and cannot find it. Is there any way around this? I have an up to date passport. Thanks in advance!

Well I just had a call from my local force telling me I passed the first stage. I'm over the moon My juvenile caution at 14 no longer exists it seems so that's a good thing. Been invited to an assessment day at the end of Jan but I can't go due to being on TA duty, however I am going to the one in March. Cheers!!

Hi Im new to this and have my interveiw and pir on the 14th. Do you have any advice for me, im rather nervous about it. Thanks

Hi everyone, becoming a police constable has always been a dream of mine. I decided that I needed to start my stages to giving me the qualifications and experience to assist me. I have been studying a Public.services L2 diploma for around 4 months now. Work wise I have had 1 Voluntary Job and 2 paid jobs. although tomorrow I am going into Cancer reasearch UK to try and work voluntary for them. Once I have completed ny PS L2 Diploma I want to do a PS L3 Diploma and once I have completed the L3 course I am thinking about if I should to a PNC? Forget the name now as half asleep but it explains that on the course it skips training almost in half? After the L3 PS Diploma I wil…

Right, so, many of you will have forgotten me, many will have never heard of me This will be my 3rd time applying for Met Specials. Both prior times I passed everything exluding vetting. I later found out after applying for my PNC, it was an NFA for something I was supposed to have done, when I was 12. Which I didn't do and was only ever informally interviewed by social services. (My posts may still be on here?) Anyway, I gave up, threw in the towel But after getting quite depressed over the past year or so, I decided to try and fight it! Clear my name! I filed a dispute!!!! I recieved a lovely letter from the Public Access Office stating that they had search…

I had my PIR test last October but unfortunatly failed (by 8 points) , I think it was mainly over confidence, the examples that were posted out to me were really easy and not many of them, I also had no idea of how stricted the time limits were (25 maths questions in 12mins!). Well the real papers maths questions were harder than the examples given (as were the data checking) so obviously knocked me back a bit. I have been revising simular practice tests and questions from the internet and a few books and feel more confident when I get my re-sit. Does this sound like good enough revision? Any other tips, hopefully my re-sit will be in January time (had to wait 3 months…

Evening all, Basically I am 17 and have always wanted to join the police. Unfortunatly, Strathclyde are not recruiting at the moment so I have just started a Criminal Justice Degree at Uni. What do you think of applying to the specials now (I will be 18 at the next intake)? Do you think I'm too young and they wont like that I don't have 'life experience' or just go for it? Also, what are your views on a) young people in the police and b) specials? Thanks very much, Zulu Bravo :wink:

Basically I am 20 now and when I was in year 7 ( so around 11 ) i got into a fight. The School's LO took me to the station and the other boy said he didn't want to press charges. It was a childish mistake and of course i regret it thoroughly. But as it was so long ago and I was such a young child I have no idea of what actually happened formally. My parents told me that at the time the Police officer told them there would be no criminal record or anything. And I recently did a PNC check with nothing held on my record. My query is since I don't know what i was charged for if anything or what should I put on my vetting form, if anything? :S

So, I start training in March. Norfolk, so 6 weekends over 4 months. Is there anything I can do, read, any internet resources where I can get some idea what to expect and/or go into the course with a degree of prior knowledge? I've already found PDFs of things like Airwaves guidelines (how to speak, what to say, etc etc), just as an example of the kind of thing I'm talking about. Forewarned is forearmed. Also, here is a picture for your amusement. Let's hope I'm not going to get arrested for copyright theft.....

Hi guys, I have a question about joining the Specials. Basically I am currently living in Gloucestershire but return to Leicester most weekends due to family commitments. I really want to join the Police and have seen the Gloucs are recruiting but the resourcing department says it will not be holding assessment days until at least 2013. I actually work 1 hour drive south of where I'm living too but am seriously considering applying to Leicestershire...it is actually the only force anywhere near me recruiting Specials. Does this sound feasbale to you? I know it will be a tough commitment during the training but following that it should not be an issue as I am home most w…

Hey guys, As you know I applied for my Subject Access. I received the letter saying they received the request but on the letter it is only ticked " Metropolitan Police Service systems" even though I'm pretty sure I ticked both or just the PNC. My NFA was with the met I assume, as I live in a London borough. Will this Metropolitan Police Service systems check be sufficient or will I have to apply for the whole PNC? Do the MET use the Metropolitan Police Service systems for vetting aswell as the PNC??? Cheers, Luke

Hi there, This is my first post to the forum, I've been lurking for a couple of months but if I'm not following any of the rules please feel free to let me know! I attended the Information Evening in Stowmarket at the beginning of this month, completed my application and sent it off, and received a letter yesterday telling me it passed. I am now attending the Assessment Centre in Martlesham on December 3rd. I've been searching the forum for information regarding the process and what will happen on this day, however all information I could find is relatively old and I was wondering if someone might be able to enlighten me as to the current and updated process as I will …